Jarvis Cocker Quotes
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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I have three closets in my bedroom.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.
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I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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You can almost read any emotion through someone's eyes.
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I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn't coming back.' They started throwing Bibles.
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When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
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Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.
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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
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Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
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My work is not directly about the social or political.
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When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.
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Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie.
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The simplest kind of decision is binary: that is, the question can be answered, in principle at least, by either yes or no.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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That just goes with the territory whenever you're a superstar and play for a great team. That's a compliment. That means you've made it.
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The small force that it takes to launch a boat into the stream should not be confused with the force of the stream that carries it along: but this confusion appears in nearly all biographies.
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Plus-size girls can look to the Plus-Size Fashion Weekends and feel like it's special - it's something for them and for their bodies.
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Will you see Pulp again? Who knows. I'm not stoking those particular rumours.
