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The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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I was different from most young conductors today. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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All the action, in semiconductors at the present time is in the new consumer applications, and that's where we have focused our activities since we started doing our own products in the late '90s. ↗

— David Milne

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