Maxine Peake Quotes

In my 20s, I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop.

Maxine Peake

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 14, 1974

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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

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I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

Shreya Ghoshal

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With photography, you've captured a moment time - it's that moment only - and in painting, you play with it; you manipulate how time is presented. It's about fantasy and illusion and the creation of desire.

Mickalene Thomas

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The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

Michael Pollan

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Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.

Joshua Micah Marshall

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Going home must be like going to render an account.

Joseph Conrad

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Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

Dolly Parton

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When we embraced social media, we took more control of the Newark narrative. We increased responsiveness toward residents. We drew more of our constituents in to participate in government and improve our cities.

Cory Booker

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Think about spam filters; if email didn't come from someone that someone you know knows, that's an important signal, and one we could embed in the environment; we just don't. I just want the world to be filtered through my social graph.

Clay Shirky

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I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

Chuck Mangione

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I'm interested in how people all over the world array themselves and go forth in the morning to do whatever they have to do to make a living.

William Gibson

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But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.

Pia Zadora

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