Jarvis Cocker Quotes
You know when you're thinking about what you want to be when you grow up, or how you want your life to pan out. I couldn't imagine anything better than living in a hotel so you'd never have to worry about washing up, making the bed, anything like that, and having a servant to come in and play all your favourite TV programmes.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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Putin could no more survive returning Crimea to Ukraine than Bibi Netanyahu could survive giving East Jerusalem back to Jordan.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.
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Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.
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I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love.
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I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
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You know when you're thinking about what you want to be when you grow up, or how you want your life to pan out. I couldn't imagine anything better than living in a hotel so you'd never have to worry about washing up, making the bed, anything like that, and having a servant to come in and play all your favourite TV programmes.
