Andris Nelsons Quotes
I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.
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'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons; some of them dig into deep things that I've been going through - there's a joy that I think people feel from my music and, hopefully, from my performance because I am so in love with doing what I do.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
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My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
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I'm understated in my approach.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry.
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My wife hates the beard. When we dated, I would grow it out during duck season. She said she could handle anything for three months - but now I have it all the time.
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The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
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For me, each book is kind of like a silent film. If you were to remove the words and just look at the pictures, you should be able to tell what the story is about without having to read a word of text. That's what I think I brought from doing artwork for film to doing artwork for books.
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I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.
