Peter Greenaway Quotes
A series of ever-decreasing splashes drip and plop into black water... thus the beginning of the film is reprised.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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The first Indy was definitely the one I remember. It's my favorite race I've ever done. It's the most memorable race I've ever done, for sure. Even more than when I won. I just remember everything about it.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together.
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I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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The Internet is a toilet. It is.
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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Christmas Day itself hasn't always been great. My parents went abroad when I was very young, and I went to boarding school. We had a few Christmases before that - I remember a big sack of presents and Mummy cooking goose.
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People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way.
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The tension between the governed and the governing is what makes the world go 'round. It's not love, it's that tension, because that tension exists in love affairs. The whole idea of control is at the heart of human relationships. Control and resistance to control.
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A series of ever-decreasing splashes drip and plop into black water... thus the beginning of the film is reprised.
