Nick Cave Quotes
People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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All our wives are experimental psychologists.
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In my twenties I tried cocaine, which I instantly loved but eventually hated. Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don't know very well and play Ping-Pong all night. It's bad for almost everything else.
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The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found.
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I think the Greeks were the only people ever to nail character. Their heroes are deeply flawed.
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You have to pretend that you're not bothered by your record leaked early. So that's the tack that I'm taking. It's like if you're working in a store and people come and openly shoplift from you, and you're not allowed to say anything about it. Instead, you're supposed to smile and go, "Hope you enjoy that!" I'm not going to complain about it, I don't get to make the rules. It's just really funny how that works.
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You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.
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People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
