Jarvis Cocker Quotes
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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The last Pan Am Games in 2011 was one of the best experiences in my career. It was the first time women's boxing was in the Pan Am Games and any major games, and I had the opportunity to box in the first women's boxing fight and then went on to win gold.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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I know I look super young.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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A lot of recent comic book adaptations have gone two ways: either they're striving for some kind of realism, like 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight,' or they're very stylised and gritty, like 'Sin City' and '300.'
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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In many parts of the world, chaining of people with mental illnesses is not uncommon, nor is seeing people walking around in clearly an unwell state, half naked, and no one takes any notice of them. It is tragic. There is a basic human right, which is not about just healthcare, but it is about the right to life with dignity, a right to citizenship.
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Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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Most cities don't have a just cause eviction law. Most allow no cause evictions, as well as evictions for nonpayment.
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Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
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Prohibition didn't work, so why should emancipation work? I think we should just stick with a system that has proven to be effective.
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Happiness needs one-upmanship.
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You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.
