Peter Greenaway Quotes
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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Our nano-quadrotor robots are made to be as lightweight as possible: less than a fifth of a pound and palm-sized. They can do an aerial backflip in half a second, accelerate at two Gs, and fly rotor blade to rotor blade in three-dimensional formations - and they do all this autonomously.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Our forefathers used to live longer and healthy lives.
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This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.
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Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.
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I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it's like that.
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You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
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The world today is divided into the free and the enslaved.
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The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
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The simple fact is that not enough people want to watch my program, and I owe it to myself and to CNN to get out of the way so that CNN can try something else.
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I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise.
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I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!
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I'm learning to be braver with colorful clothes, even if they're a little wild.
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'Braveheart' is way up there for me.
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Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.
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I really like Halal food.
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He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
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Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.
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Fashion is anything which is you and reflects your personality, and if you are comfortable with what you wearing, you'll look trendy and fashionable for sure.
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The first film I made was when I was 13 and it was called 'The Dogs That Ate Detroit.' It starred my Saint Bernard Barney, and it was a killer thriller with oodles of special effects that were cutting edge for the time.
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Charity befriends the children- From us, through us, in us. Behind this door, Charity waits. Alone. Tolerant. With a smile as deep as your core.
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For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.
