Peter Greenaway Quotes
I cannot keep a clock or a watch. They stop on me. Why won't time stay peacefully on my wrist? Is time not interested in me any more because I am dying?
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish society, not just the remnants of the defeated clans.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.
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I give 110 per cent all the time.
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I think that there's a real sense in which pregnancy should be something that you do with your doctor, but I think that for a lot of women the time you have with your doctors is limited and it can be difficult to get all of the answers to your questions.
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Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.
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I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.
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I cannot keep a clock or a watch. They stop on me. Why won't time stay peacefully on my wrist? Is time not interested in me any more because I am dying?
