Nick Cave Quotes
My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.
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I honestly can't pick a favorite person I like to work with - that would be like choosing a favorite child!
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Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.
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More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility.
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My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.
