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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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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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 really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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The question of Heaven, the question of what happens after death, is one which a lot of people in our culture try to put off as long as they can, but sooner or later it suddenly swings round and looks them in the eye.
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.
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Potatoes are to food what sensible shoes are to fashion.
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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.
