Maxine Peake Quotes

I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

It is not hard for me to remember when I was in college. I loved many things about college life: I loved learning. I loved the comradery. And I loved football.

I enjoy what was called 'swotting' in my day.

I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.

I adored Boston, and I loved school there.

I miss college.

Without Nancy, Ronnie would still be driving his red Lincoln up and down California’s beaches and talking to Republican women’s clubs.

A person born in the middle class, as I was, educated in bourgeois institutions, … is poorly prepared to take a leading part in revolutionary activity.

In the old country [Austria] I would have been a tailor.

Education is a slow process, and may not come too quickly. Anarchists who endeavor to hasten it by joining in the propaganda of State Socialism or revolution make a sad mistake indeed. They help to so force the march of events that the people will not have time to find out, by the study of their experience, that their troubles have been due to the rejection of competition. If this lesson shall not be learned in a season, the past will be repeated in the future

Books are for adults; revolution is for the young.

Freedmen have the natural thirst for knowledge, aspire to power and influence… coupled with learning, and are excited by the special study of books.

When I was 18 and was studying in university, Vladimir Putin became president of Russia.

When you hear people scream because they're about to hear a song that has been a part of their life, there's nothing like that.

I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools.

I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.

There's a reason why young people think what they think. They are taught it. In many cases when they learn at home is erased or countered or overcome.

The fact is, working stiffs with few opportunities and scant education are generally too busy getting by to engage in revolutionary projects to remake society. And history, in fact, shows us that terrorism is generally a bourgeois endeavor.

When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San Francisco State, and even back to Emerson Elementary school and Roosevelt Junior High. I was happy to do it, to go back and see if all the same teachers were there.

When I was little, I always got so excited about learning - until I got to the actual learning part of learning.

When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special.

I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.

School days were very special to me as I never found the time to complete my graduation.

My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism.