Andris Nelsons Quotes
I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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My favorite spot is the Maldives. Since I travel so much for work, I like to go to places that are very secluded and quiet.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.
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I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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What actor wouldn't want to work with Mel Gibson?
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I think the thing I took most from game playing was just getting in the characters head. I took it really seriously. There's something about creating your character.
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Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.
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You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk.
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I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone.
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I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.
