Nick Cave Quotes
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
Rachel Kushner
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
Dalai Lama
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In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
Illeana Douglas
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
Mahershala Ali
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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.
Patricia Heaton
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
Victoria Justice
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
Fred Allen
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It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Sting
The Police
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I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
J. A. Konrath
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I want my mind to be a sail, susceptible to any breeze that might be blowing across the lake of consciousness.
William Collins
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party
