Peter Greenaway Quotes

'Have you read all of them?'

Peter Greenaway

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• I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Wish
  • Speak
  • Fly

• Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I could never take orders from anyone.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Never
  • Take
  • Could

• It'll seem convenient 'cause I am ambassador for the charity, but Look Good Feel Better launched a set of makeup brushes through Priceline, and I use the multi-tasking brush to apply my liquid foundation. It's wonderful. As good as the Bobbi Brown Full Coverage Face brush, which I also use.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Makeup
  • Charity
  • Ambassador

• Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Opportunity
  • Learn
  • Partner

• If I were to say at any point that I feel really confident or really in control, that would be a mistake. Because I don't. I always see where I didn't do things the right way.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Control
  • Always
  • Mistake

• I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Life
  • Power
  • High

• I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Time
  • Work
  • Music

• I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with an explanation for why it's really a Photoshopped picture of Bin Laden asleep. Or his dead cousin Fred. Donald Trump apparently believes that Bin Laden is dead, so that ought to be enough for the Middle East.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Up
  • Why
  • Think

• When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.

  

  Faran Tahir
  • World
  • Good
  • Real

• To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Mind
  • Universe
  • inspirational

• As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

  

  Bar Refaeli
  • Girl
  • Camera
  • Shy

• Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Control
  • Choices
  • Choice

• Regarding Wikileaks, I have profound ambivalent feelings about it. I am a firm believer in a strong intelligence service. There's a need for classified information.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Service
  • Information
  • Profound

• To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.

  

  Edmund Burke

• We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.

  

  Arthur Miller
  • Fire

• I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

  

  Margaret Mead
  • Work
  • Value

• The moment we put up the PayPal button, some guy donated $300. That's when we realized that if you give somebody a chance to support something on the Internet, they'll do it.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Support

• I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

  

  Sheryl Crow
  • War
  • Greed

• I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart.

  

  Louise Brooks
  • Writing
  • Trying
  • Heart

• It must be remembered that there is no real reason to expect anything in particular from mankind; good and evil are local expedients - or their lack - and not in any sense cosmic truths or laws.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Good
  • Real
  • Evil

• 'Have you read all of them?'

  

  Peter Greenaway