Peter Greenaway Quotes
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I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.
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Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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Have common sense and stick to the point.
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In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
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You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.
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I was raised in a very sheltered, narrow environment.
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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
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Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
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I believe in goodnessMercy and charityI believe in a universal spiritI believe in casting breadUpon the waters
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age.
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The opposite of Taking A Risk is of course Playing It Safe The latter would probably be a reasonable way of life for seventy or eighty years if you had a contract to live for a thousand years. However, since you know that is out of the question, you must admit, Playing It Safe is a pretty dull way to live. Those who play it safe are generally not too exciting, in fact they would probably border on being very boring personalities. On a score of one to ten as a Risk Taker where do you stand? Add a little spice to your life today and take a risk.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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We didn't grow up rich people.
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For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.
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One day I'd love a house in the country, with some chickens, dogs and kids.
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'How safe are we here?'
