Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
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Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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Fear controls you.
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My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.
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Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.
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Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, 'Does he even dance?' He doesn't, really, but he's such a sweet person.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem.
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There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.
