Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

If somebody had told me when I was starting composition in Helsinki in the '70s that I would end up in L.A. and to describe that journey, those 17 years with the philharmonic and building the hall and this and that, I would have said, "This is a fairy tale of the first order."

Esa-Pekka Salonen

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

Harold Pinter
- Enough
- Said
- Say
It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.

Quentin Tarantino
- People
- Important
- Money
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Baltasar Gracian
- You
- Best
- Ahead
Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.

Yair Lapid
- May
- Freedom
- Anger
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.

Gary Locke
- Long
- American
- Law
As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.

Ted Cruz
- Think
- Need
- Far