Maxine Peake Quotes
There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.
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China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.
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There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.
