Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things.
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I write in a small office at home.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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I don't look at myself as a Scream Queen, and I don't plan on continuing on this genre route. If anything, I want to go very different places.
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I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.
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Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.
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I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line.
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Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
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Le désir s'accroît quand l'effet se recule.
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I'd rather go to sleep than find a girl.
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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.
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Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear stuff they know by bands they love, or are checking you out and don't know your stuff very well.
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I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things.
