Peter Greenaway Quotes
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for granted that his readers would know.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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Wearable technology is not just for consumers. It creates a tremendous opportunity for businesses, too.
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We may fill our purses, but we pay a heavy price for it in the loss of picturesqueness and beauty.
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I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.
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In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in New Orleans in the 1940s and 1950s. I tried to keep a lot of the little changes that were characteristic of New Orleans, while working my own funknology on piano and guitar.
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Prospero has always felt most at ease in a study, surrounded by books.
