Maxine Peake Quotes

I joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member.

Maxine Peake

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

Jock Sturges

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With modelling, a lot happens behind the scenes; all the fittings and hair and makeup. Then the runway takes two minutes - you just walk out and come back in!

Anna Ewers

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Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.

Steven Pinker

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I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

Roger Federer

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For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

Rufus Wainwright

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I'd love to do a Marvel movie.

Michaela Watkins

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I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

Lisa Leslie

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I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it's disappointing that I can't perform for my American fans... all because I'm not 'family friendly' enough.

Johnny Weir

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Will he get a place for his oldest boy? He can not. His girl? Why, the Chinaman is in her place too!

Denis Kearney

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The trajectory of nearly all technology follows this downward and widening path: by the time a regular person is able to create his own TV network, it doesn't matter anymore that I have or am on a network.

David Shields

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I ran into Ben McKenzie a couple of times on the streets of L.A., and we hung out one time, and that's it.

Chris Carmack

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I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.

Colin Wilson

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