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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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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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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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
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I have a gay cousin who came out to my parents before he came out to his own. So I benefited from having a very open, supportive family, and I want to pass that on.
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My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable.
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But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.
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There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died.
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I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person.
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Blood: A red substance believed to be capable of supporting life but which in a theatrical drama invariably indicates death.
