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"The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat."
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"We are reinventing the world. We've set the ball spinning with little concern for where and how it's going to stop."

"My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn't, then I'd sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it."

"The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings."

"It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it."

"Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together."

"Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them."

"It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply."

"Do be careful. I can't replace you as easily as all that."

"Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same."

"How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern."
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"In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been."

"The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself."

"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."

"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."

"The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat."

"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."

"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."
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