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Most screen violence is tedious.

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Nick Cave
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 22
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Nicholas Edward Cave
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God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowelless being of the Testaments - the vehement glorymonger, with His bag of cheap carny tricks and his booming voice - the fiery huckster with his burning bushes and his wonder wands. Nowadays God knows what He wants and He knows who He wants.
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