Nick Cave Quotes
Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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I just want to do my job.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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I hope that my life ends up being my greatest work of art, not just my music.
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And this is something that I emphasize wherever I go - democracy does not stop on Election Day. For a real democracy to work, and for a society to thrive and continually improve, it requires that people continue to participate. And there have to be laws in place to protect that space and facilitate people’s ability to participate.
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Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets they couldn't afford. That's a reality.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.
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Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.
