Maxine Peake Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anything else in my life. It's stress relief; it's good health. It's fun. It's alone time, for the most part.
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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
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I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them.
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Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate.
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Crying does not equal good acting.
