Kaija Saariaho quotes
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“Everything is permissible as long as it's done in good taste.”
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“I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an art form of the past, with expensive singers exposing their high notes, and bad theater, and ridiculous stories which don't concern us. But then little by little I realized that it can be defined very differently, that on the contrary opera can be something profound and not superficial - a wonderful meeting point for all the other arts.”
-- Kaija SaariahoSource : Source: www.sfgate.com
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“Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it.”
-- Kaija SaariahoSource : Source: www.sfgate.com
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“When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.”
-- Kaija SaariahoSource : Source: www.sfgate.com
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“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
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Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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“Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.”
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Source : "Aasif Mandvi talks about acting, comedy and Middle Eastern Corresponding". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. November 02, 2011.
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“Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance”
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