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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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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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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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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I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week.
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Working on 'Parks' was like heaven because everyone there was just intimidatingly intelligent and funny, and we would have these hilarious debates about really tangential things. It was inspiring because I felt really challenged to be my best.
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We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.
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I can make everything I do come from my laptop. Even when I go to a big studio, all I do is to plug in my laptops. That's they way I do it.
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I've never had a manager, and I've had various agents, and, fortunately or unfortunately, I've been blessed.
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I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'
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I was four days old when I went to my first bluegrass festival.
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Will you see Pulp again? Who knows. I'm not stoking those particular rumours.
