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Head High and F--k 'Em All by Nick Cave

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from: https://www.theredhandfiles.com/your-mother-most-helpful-advice-gave-you/

Please tell me something that will help me not care when people stare at me because I look different to everybody else?

I had been awarded an honorary doctorate by Monash University in Melbourne and my mother accompanied me to the university to receive it. I was feeling a little intimidated by the whole thing because I was stepping out of my rock ‘n’ roll comfort zone, in-to the academic sphere and the whole affair had me feeling quite uncomfortable. I mentioned this to my mother, and as we stepped out of the car into the university grounds, she said,

“Head high and fuck ‘em all.”