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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• 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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• Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

  

  Walt Whitman
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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
  • Up
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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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  • May
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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
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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
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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
  • Girl
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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
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• 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
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  • Up
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• I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.

  

  Lapo Elkann
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• 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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  • Action
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• 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

• One of the benefits of having an audience is that it requires a regimen, a need to create on a regular basis. I don't believe in waiting for the muse to visit.

  

  Keri Smith
  • Believe
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• In the future, I think movies are going to be more of data sets that viewers have a hand in controlling - where the narrative originates and what happens to the content.

  

  Ryan Trecartin
  • Future
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• I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Law

• I have a couple of best friends, and I don't think I would live with them. It definitely... certain people can't live together, and I think that it could potentially put a lot of strain on the relationship or friendship.

  

  Alexandra Chando
  • People
  • Live
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• There are two things that matter when you're making music. First, that you're doing what you love, even if it's crazy and other people tell you it's crazy. The second thing is the only people you really need to worry about are the people who love your music, not the people who speak badly about it.

  

  Brian Fallon
  • People
  • Music
  • Crazy

• 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