Nick Cave Quotes
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history.
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I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.
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Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
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I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.
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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
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I have always thought of poetry as an act of celebration. Just by nature of writing a poem you are taking the time to dwell on whatever it is that you're writing about...you can be celebrating anger, you can be celebrating sorrow... you are spending the time to focus and observe and try to understand the various parts of being human.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.
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Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living.
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
