Peter Greenaway Quotes
I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don't hate my fellow man. I think my cinema, although it might often deal with death and decay, is highly celebratory.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.
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The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
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I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.
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I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.
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It's very hard to be black in this country and hate America. It's really hard to live like that. I would actually argue it's impossible to fully see yourself.
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I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
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Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.
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My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.
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The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe as far as Jews were concerned.
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I did comedy and parody television in the '70s. I was a liberal Democrat, and it was a very heady year.
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The musical performances do more than enrich the movie; they complete it.
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If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble.
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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
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Logic is logic. That's all I say.
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I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don't hate my fellow man. I think my cinema, although it might often deal with death and decay, is highly celebratory.
