Nick Cave Quotes
Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.
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It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.
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Scaling is multidimensional. Different methods address different things.
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The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.
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Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.
