"Our intention is to develop more subtlety in contemporary electronic sounds. We don't like nostalgic projects. We have disparate interests and many philosophical concerns. In the past 10 years, I have realized music in the classical tradition - I have composed for strings, brass, and electronic, and alp-horn!"

-- Thomas Koner

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“The only way for a soldier to not be afraid of wars is to accept the fact that he is already dead.”
“I like seeing women defined by what they do and what they're passionate about rather than the men that they're in love with or associated with. That's always more important to me, as a female.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform them. And then somehow I got started on it. I love doing it, but I have to ration myself very severely or I wouldn't get anything else done.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“Plato was a bore.”
“There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood.”
“Outer achievements should be expressions of inner abundance, not compensation for inner poverty.”
“If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.”

Source : "Homage from Catalonia", www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2005.
“I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.”

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