I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.

Fate is a misplaced retreat. Many people rationalize an unexplained event as fate and shrug their shoulders when it occurs. But that is not what fate is. The world operates as a series of circles that are invisible, for they extend to the upper air. Fate is where these circles cut to earth. Since we cannot see them, do not know their content, and have no sense of their width, it is impossible to predict when these cuts will slice into our reality. When this happens, we call it fate. Fate is not a chance event but one that is inevitable, we are simply blind to its nature and time.

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.