Peter Greenaway Quotes
The pages are so harmonious in their proportion / disharmony in the contents is impossible.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
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When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.
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With the block chain, for the first time, we no longer need these central institutions for settlement or for guaranteeing the value of coins or for land titling. All of these functions can be replaced by a transparent public ledger that is safe from tampering and which can make value and ownership clear and open for everyone.
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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
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Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
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I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.
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My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.
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When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
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I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'
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I'm very free-spirited.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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Homère est un des génies qui résolvent ce beau problème de l’art, le plus beau de tous peut-être, la peinture vraie de l’humanité obtenue par le grandissement de l’homme, c’est-à-dire la génération du réel dans l’idéal.
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In the case of complex personalities the matter stands thus: one of these can understand other men better than they can understand themselves, because within himself he has not only the character he is grasping, but also its opposite. Duality is necessary for observation and comprehension.
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I always consult my father before I take on a project. Not just me - even my brother goes to Dad and speaks to him of his business ideas. Dad has an amazing business acumen, and it would be foolish not to take his advice. Plus, he's our dad at the end of the day, and he would want to see us succeed. He always gives us the best advice.
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We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped.
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Quantum wellness isn't about deprivation and it's not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself to get comfortable with your highest potential, and then taking small steps to support that shift. It's about showing up for yourself, day by day, and then one day finding that you've undergone a transformation.
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We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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The pages are so harmonious in their proportion / disharmony in the contents is impossible.
