Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
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You can really examine the suffering and consequences that happen when there's a loss in a family.
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…ibi boni mores valent quam alibi bonae leges. 2
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The tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard’s legacy has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world’s greatest con man. Hubbard was certainly grandiose, but to label him merely a fraud is to ignore the complexity of his character.
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28% of the greenhouse gasses come from eating meat and from raising cattle, so we can do a much better job. … Luckily we know that you can get your protein source from many different ways, you can get it through vegetables if you are a vegetarian. I have seen many body builders that are vegetarian and they get strong and healthy.
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Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another when you do differ.
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Three Amigos!' Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.
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We support too big to fail. We want the government to be able to take down a big bank like JP Morgan and it could be done. We think Dodd-Frank, which we supported parts of, gave the FDIC the authority to take down a big bank.
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The horrific damage of 9/11 did not end when those buildings came down.
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I'm not somebody who no matter where I go there are paparazzi or any of that nonsense. But I have a little window into that world and I can enter it and dance around. I want to be the audience's ticket into the party.
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Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.
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I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.
