Maxine Peake Quotes
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.
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We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America.
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I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
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I've definitely had my moments in relationships where I've been able to say yes, I have been heartbroken, my heart has been broken.
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We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.
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France and Germany have the manufacturing and skill base which is useful to us. France is our dependable strategic partner.
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Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
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When you model for a show, you get this real sense of adrenaline. It's difficult when the shoes are so high - that part's quite scary - but you just have to do it.
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The true work of God is all good, since it is existence.
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Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emotional and get lost in it as you're feeding on people's energy.
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Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight like devils.
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Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.
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That's fundamental, basic football that we can be better at. That's what we've got to get across to our team. To me, the biggest factor is we can play smarter than we're playing. We can play harder. Our guys wanted to play, they were prepared to play, but we have to learn to play at a higher tempo when we're playing.
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I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.
