Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith.
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
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I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan Times.'
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I am going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.
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I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
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I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.
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America has the greatest military in the world, and it's up to our leaders to set the bar for what a 21st century military culture of innovation with transparent, collaborative leadership looks like.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
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If someone is willing to help you understand your own worth when you're vulnerable, that's a very touching thing. It makes you want to help other people.
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Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor.
