Peter Greenaway Quotes
Blood: A red substance believed to be capable of supporting life but which in a theatrical drama invariably indicates death.

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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Even hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is for a little while. It is alimony that is for ever.
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I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in - Joffrey[from the Game of Thrones] came in - and I remember being so star-struck. I don't like famous people and I don't really get star-struck. But I remember seeing him and being so impressed that he was walking around. So I really like Joffrey.
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To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.
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If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us the most alien will become what we most trust and find most faithful.
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So turn it on, turn it up, and sing a longThis is real; this is your life in a song.Yeah this is country music.
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Blood: A red substance believed to be capable of supporting life but which in a theatrical drama invariably indicates death.