Maxine Peake Quotes
Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves.

Quotes to Explore
-
It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
-
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
-
I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
-
The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
-
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
-
People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
-
I've never paid too much attention to what other people have said or to what other people have tried to make me be. I've always just tried to be myself, which is such a weird thing to say.
-
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
-
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
-
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
-
Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
-
You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
-
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
-
The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.
-
I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
-
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
-
I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.
-
I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.
-
My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my dad taught himself how to frame pictures, and then he was a curator at an art gallery in the city I'm from. I'm an only child.
-
I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
-
Energy is not a political issue for the Modi government. It is our commitment to provide electricity to every household of the country.
-
I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.
-
Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves.