Kaija Saariaho Quotes
When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.

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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I know what poverty is.
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I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first guitar and started writing songs.
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I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by.
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I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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If you choose to take a path in life, don't blame other people for the path you've chosen to take.
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When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.