Maxine Peake Quotes
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
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We didn't shoot in 3-D. They've talked about doing a conversion and there's been a lot of talk about us doing 'Sucker Punch' in 3-D, but I'm still waiting to see.
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I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded.
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I can remember seeing the movie for the first time at a revival house in L.A. and laughing with everyone else, and never imagining that I would be doing Max one day, even though by then I had already memorized the entire movie.
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The more I look at most of the art movements, it’s all occultism, when you get down to it. The Surrealists were openly talking about being magicians.
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Our party's most outstanding mediocrity.
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I was very sporty at school, and sport was probably the thing I was best at, but my real passion was for fashion.
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I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.
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I meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.
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I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.
