Maxine Peake Quotes
I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad!
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I believe in something that maybe can be defined as the God in one's heart, in the heart of every human being, but not in a God who sits on high looking down on us and taking care of us and whom we bother with things trivial and weighty so that he will be good to us and arrange things for us here.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The parts I've got to create are a little bit different to a lot of guys my age.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.
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I was one of the artistic directors of the Steppenwolf Theatre, which me and many dear buddies started all the way back in 1974, and I have a lot of that in my makeup.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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'Election' made zero money at the box office, but it started my career.
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The benefits of a healthy, thriving relationship may not be nearly as exciting as watching your career take off, but both aspects of your life are equally important.
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I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad!
