Peter Greenaway Quotes
'Georgie doesn't like babies do you Georgie? Some days, Georgie, I think you behave like a bloke.'
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When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.
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I just write mechanical things.
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When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person.
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We are wiser than we know.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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I put my heart in my work.
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On the landscape crew, I learned a lot from the other workers. We treated everybody equally, and we worked hard.
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Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.
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It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don't read anymore.
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I feel able to steal from Emily Dickinson because she's both wonderful and dead.
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I think sometimes you are born with a song.
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I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.
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When I was younger, I used to love the idea of writing songs and performing them live. But that was all I thought about. I didn't think about people getting to know my face.
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Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.
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True enough, Osama bin Laden is dead and other al-Qaeda leaders have joined him. But, the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi is a brutal reminder that radical Islamic terror groups have not disappeared and certainly are not dormant.
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It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.
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To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.
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'Georgie doesn't like babies do you Georgie? Some days, Georgie, I think you behave like a bloke.'
