"It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical."

-- Nick Cave

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #Risky Business Quotes

“Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

Source : "The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm".
“And after awhile of this my brain and my body and every single inch of me that was alive was flooded with the feeling that I was starving, starving for Edmond. And what a coincidence, that was the feeling I loved best in the world.”
“If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than the scientific image, where time is abruptly suspended.”
“Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.”
“Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay and lesbian community has become much more mainstream in society. I would venture to say it's in part because people began to feel more comfortable when they saw that group on TV.”
“A rhyme doesn't make a song.”
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.”
“When I woke up this morning, I found I'd turned into my mother.”

Source : Mary Rodgers (2003). “Freaky Friday”

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