Andris Nelsons Quotes
On stage, I'm always nervous, but there is so much adrenalin, too. It's strange because I have to turn my back on the audience, and my audience is the orchestra. I communicate my energy to them, and they communicate it to the audience behind me!

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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I was tested against the best.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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I hardly read fiction; I mostly read nonfiction. I like to examine material things.
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I'm not really good at anyone's songs but my own.
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Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat addiction. Accepting that addiction is an illness will transform our approach to public policy, research, insurance, and criminality; it will change how we feel about addicts, and how they feel about themselves. There’s another essential reason why we must understand that addiction is an illness and not just bad behavior: We punish bad behavior. We treat illness.
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Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.
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I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.
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On stage, I'm always nervous, but there is so much adrenalin, too. It's strange because I have to turn my back on the audience, and my audience is the orchestra. I communicate my energy to them, and they communicate it to the audience behind me!