Nick Cave Quotes

At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

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• Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.

  

  Barbara Januszkiewicz
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• I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

  

  Jack Nicholson
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  • Everyone
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• Produce great men, the rest follows.

  

  Walt Whitman
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• Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.

  

  Aaron Carter
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• If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

  Yehuda Amichai
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• Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.

  

  Ramez Naam
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• I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

  

  Washed Out
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• Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

  

  Ramakrishna
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• I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.

  

  Gary Carr
  • Life
  • World
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• Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Children
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• I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Remember
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• I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.

  

  Bar Paly
  • People
  • Strong
  • Me

• I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.

  

  Nate Silver
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.

  

  Rachel Nichols
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  • Hero

• Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Star

• I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.

  

  Adam Arkin
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  • Here

• If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.

  

  Tana French
  • Writing
  • Mind
  • Character

• 'The Next Ten Minutes' from 'The Last Five Years' is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

  

  Jennifer Damiano
  • Beautiful

• You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.

  

  Meg Whitman
  • Education
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• Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • City

• People will have trouble keeping a job, or even getting a job if their genetic information gets to an insurer, a potential employer or even an employer,

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • People
  • Job
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• Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.

  

  Tina Weymouth
  • People
  • Different
  • Attitude

• At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • People
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  • Observers