Maxine Peake Quotes
As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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I am healthy and happy.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not be something that's been done before. And it's up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
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I'm pedantic about lip balm. I've been chomping through Lip Smackers since age 11. So the lip balm called Lips! is a personal favourite. I also really love the Properly Clean cleanser. Women are wearing primer, sunscreen and makeup, so a cleanser needs to work hard these days.
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I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
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I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.
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I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire.
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As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.
