Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

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MusicMissedAirPleasureContact

I'm able to think more clearly when I don't have clutter and stuff around.

Joe Mantello

ThinkMoreClearlyClutterStuff

Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from that, they don't do anything. And yet they get paid as much as the highest-paid people in the place.

Joe Bastianich

PeopleControlFinancialRestaurant

I guess I much prefer the path of the contrarian: the guy who goes against the grain a bit. The careers of the people who I admire deeply - like the Coen brothers and Soderbergh - don't repeat themselves, and they make radically different films at times, and I think that's wonderful.

Joe Carnahan

PathPeopleThinkAdmireRepeatGuy

As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.

Jesmyn Ward

ResponsibilityFeelArtistMatter

My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

Michael Caine

CoolHairAmericanProblemDarkBoy

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

Stephen King

GoodThoughtEnoughWherePublish

There is no success without hardship.

Sophocles

SuccessHardshipWithout

I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

JusticeMondayMeFridayWeekend

When we launched the first version of Basecamp in 2004, we decided to build software for small companies just like us.

Jason Fried

SmallBuildSoftwareFirstUsJust

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!'

Josh Radnor

MyselfPeopleStartThinkWeekYou

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

Chris Colfer

Growing UpSmallGaySmall TownKind

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Arthur Erickson

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