Nick Cave Quotes
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
Quotes to Explore
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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There's been no real reason to move to LA. The stuff I've done for America has been done in Europe anyway. We made a decision early on that we'd find our base and not shake the children's world as much as mine.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely!
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.
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When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation; he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems.
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It will really indicate the power of IP networks to beyond the power of what we're doing today.
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I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
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I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
