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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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
Clare Boothe Luce
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Unwearied, and with springing steps elate, I had conveyed my wealth along the road. The empty sack proved now a heavier load: I was borne down beneath its worthless weight. I stumbled on, and knocked at Death's dark gate. There was no answer. Stung by sorrow's goad I forced my way into that grim abode, And laughed, and flung Life's empty sack to Fate.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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It's near impossible to always be right when you're innovating. It's easy to get emotionally invested in it, but you need to monitor its impact like a hawk and react if you don't like what you see. And if/when you pull it back, you want to do that communication with transparency and humility.
Jeff Jordan
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All men's faces are true, whatsome'er their hands are.
William Shakespeare
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party