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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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.
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Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.
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For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.
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While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is difficult because it can be an industry where it's people's jobs to thin-slice you really quickly and try to fit you into a niche in the market.
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A series of ever-decreasing splashes drip and plop into black water... thus the beginning of the film is reprised.
