Nick Cave Quotes

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.

Nick Cave

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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Jesse Jackson

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There's a big difference between sanity and insanity.

Megan Gallagher

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The European Army is our long-term goal. But first we have to strengthen the European Defence Union.

Angela Merkel

ArmyGoalFirstLong-TermUnionOur

Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use your imagination and creativity to fill in any missing gaps within the story.

Amy Bloom

CreativityImaginationFreeStory

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

Steve Israel

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The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

Stephen Colbert

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I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit down and do things, he wants to be there with me and play the guitar.

Sturgill Simpson

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I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.

Solange Knowles

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I like talent. I respect talent. I teach talent.

Roger Ailes

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The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.

Martina Navratilova

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I think women get labeled a lot as being crazy. But I think men make us crazy.

Jules Asner

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I am the most loyal player money can buy.

Don Sutton

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