"I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has a much murkier, much more complex view of its history. It's just full of all these open wounds we don't really know what to do with."

-- Nick Cave

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“In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.”

Source : "The ideas interview: Roberto Unger". Interview with John Sutherland, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2006.
“All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.”
“Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.”
“Life is nothing but a bunch of experiences. There's no such thing as success or failure.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values, a system of very low grade performance to a system of higher, though not perfect performance.”
“It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success. It's probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.”
“I was actually going to law school in 1972.”
“Walking back and forth also helps by creating the illusion that you are thinking of the routines on the spot, giving your performance a more spontaneous feeling.”

Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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