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Small: There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because t
"There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything
"I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films
"I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a res
"I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely f
"At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never able to make that film"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together
"Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you
"You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy
"This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is
"Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show
"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"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it
"In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Im still disturbed if a chord isnt together, but your priorities change as you get older
"I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly
"I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: I cant imagine how many first performances Ive done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some o
"I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A
"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti.
"This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti. He was always going on about how form has to be continuous"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: I discovered that the people of the North are different and theres no way you can make a person from the North
"I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall
"Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the
"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other"
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician
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Small: Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a s
"Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work
"We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: It goes way, way back when we were under Swedens rule. We always think they are better than us. We played agai
Saku Koivu
"It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: I felt like an outsider. The only time you get to really know guys is on the ice, and I couldnt be there
Saku Koivu
"I felt like an outsider. The only time you get to really know guys is on the ice, and I couldn't be there"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated pr
"Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: The most important thing is to stay positive
Saku Koivu
"The most important thing is to stay positive"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: Its been tough for me being away from the game
Saku Koivu
"It's been tough for me being away from the game"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them
"Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them"
Georg Henrik von Wright, Philosopher
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Small: Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. Its gone, its behind us. The schedule
Saku Koivu
"Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one p
"We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less
"Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to d
Saku Koivu
"I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older"
Saku Koivu, Athlete
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Small: Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect
"Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how"
Georg Henrik von Wright, Philosopher
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Small: If one is satisfied with things, one doesnt complain about the downsides that exist, either
"If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either"
Georg Henrik von Wright, Philosopher
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Small: My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial
"My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell Motor Oil's oil products. I really put my heart into it - I wrote a script for it, I did a lot of research"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do
"In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences
"I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of c
"You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: This was in 79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigare
"This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: Ive continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the sys
"I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination"
Renny Harlin, Director
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Small: Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was l
"Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year"
Renny Harlin, Director
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