Simon Rattle Quotes
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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I wanted passionately to be a priest.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'The Caretaker' is funny up to a point. Beyond that, it ceases to be funny, and it was because of that point that I wrote it.
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The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not mean that they invent language; it means that they use language to create beauty, ideas, images. This is why we cannot do without them.
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My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.
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The power of network television is amazing. I've been performing for years but have been seen on only a few episodes of this show, and people spot me in public now all the time. They say, 'Hey, aren't you on 'Nashville'?' Most locals seem to really appreciate how authentic the show is.
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I really had to figure out who I was and be confident in my own skin. Now I've done that, and I'm very happy in a relationship.
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The creation continues incessantly through the media of man.
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Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.
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I always try to stay aggressive. I always use my strengths and always work on my weaknesses to get better. That's just who I am.
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All the excitement is during the making of a film. Once I'm done with it, I switch to my next project and am excited about that.
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The spontaneous understanding of geometrical concepts and maps by this remote human community provides evidence that core geometrical knowledge is a universal constituent of the human mind.
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I was turning actually 15 at the Olympics in '76... I don't think that one year makes a huge difference.
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I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.
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'Career' is not a musical term.
