Peter Greenaway Quotes
No more. A puff of writing long gone. Is this the child pulling on the flying cloth of its mother's last worn dress?
Quotes to Explore
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It's better to do a film that works.
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
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We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.
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I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an actor. I decided to just pursue both and see which won out.
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I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.
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Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.
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If you don't ask, you don't get.
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No more. A puff of writing long gone. Is this the child pulling on the flying cloth of its mother's last worn dress?
