Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are trying.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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I can paint in jail.
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When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.
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As I don't know what life would be like without my Chaplin connections, I work with them. I'm just really happy it's a family I can be proud of; it's not as if I'm related to some Z-list celebrity.
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I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.
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Quentin Tarantino was fantastic. I mean, he can be almost unbearable as a person. At a party, you can't get a word in edgewise for, like, an hour. But as a director, he is so completely open and just... present.
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My mom, dad, grandparents, we all do voices.
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As we all know, sequels can be tricky.
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I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis.
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.
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My personal style is kind of tomboy-boho chic! Sort of funky but simple.
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With each film, I try to outdo my previous films.
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And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.
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A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
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[There] is no class so dangerous as the idle educated.
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I always feel at home doing a little bit of action.
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A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.
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I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are trying.
