Gustavo Dudamel I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I’m reading biographies of Mahler. – Gustavo Dudamel Biographies Quotes Books Quotes Completely Quotes Focus Quotes Jump Quotes Literature Quotes Love Quotes Mahler Quotes Philosophy Quotes Read Quotes Reading Quotes Subjects Quotes Time Quotes It’s a physical challenge. It’s a spiritual challenge. I’m studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week. For me to rehearse with a children’s orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting Tchaikovsky a lot and Beethoven, but Mahler was different.
Rob Lowe I have other obligations now – the show, my family, my life… though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn’t have any of those things. – Rob Lowe
Rodney Dangerfield My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it. – Rodney Dangerfield
Robert Rinder Is it exploitative to get the victim of an unimaginably horrific crime to talk on my show ‘Crime Stories?’ No, it’s crucial. – Robert Rinder
HistorySalman Rushdie There are two things in Indian history – one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential – for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history. – Salman Rushdie
Nicole Mones Food is the main engine that drives connectedness, relationship in Chinese society. – Nicole Mones
John Robinson Prior to Elephant I’d taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there’s not a huge market there. The only thing we have is commercial stuff, and that didn’t really appeal to me. So this is really a dream come true. – John Robinson
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