Jarvis Cocker Quotes
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
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A lot of locked-room mysteries take time for you to pay attention and see the setup. They aren't thrillers, and they don't move along. The modern mystery story is really faster-paced, and I think modern readers tend to prefer seeing something happening on every other page.
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What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.
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Who doesn't love a 'Lifetime' movie? I think that they know their audience so well.
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After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family.
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Combining technology and fashion shouldn't be about PR gimmicks - they should genuinely enhance the experience of buying, owning and experiencing a luxury product.
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I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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I don't know what scared me about Marvin Gaye. I just know that he was scary, and that all of his... his aura was frightening to me. I can't explain why.
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My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.
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If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.
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Writers of color are given certain messages - explicit or implicit - about what they're allowed to write about or what will be successful if they write about it. And white writers are given another set of implicit and, sometimes, explicit messages.
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Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.
