Jarvis Cocker Quotes
I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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I have a great office.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
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Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.
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I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.
