Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
Our industry classic music has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.
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I think you have to be careful. You have to know exactly what is going to resonate with voters. And you can't get ahead of that. You have to be very careful with your approach.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I don't remember anything from the Bills. It was rough there, but it is what it is. Now I'm here in the Super Bowl, just trying to enjoy that.
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Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album.
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Our industry classic music has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.
