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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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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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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America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
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There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
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I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.
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I have exercise-induced asthma.
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The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
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Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.
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'Georgie doesn't like babies do you Georgie? Some days, Georgie, I think you behave like a bloke.'
