Nick Cave Quotes
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
Quotes to Explore
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I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
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I do believe in happy-ever-after.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
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I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they're meant to be is where they'll be.
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I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years.
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Contrary to what many people believe, terrorism is actually a very expensive business.
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The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory.
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Being funny is a symptom of what's underneath. You're pumping out all that energy because something else is going on inside you, some opposing force, something uncomfortable.
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All of my books come from pain.
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I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
