Jarvis Cocker Quotes
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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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You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance.
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The great thing is, Internet allows you to create your own job, not just look for jobs other people are going to give you. And that, combined with the American spirit, I think, is going to help us come out of the recession faster than other countries. And I think it's going to help Africa come out of, you know, a century of slump.
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Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is ... a normal and healthy sentiment.
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If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.
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'Is there anyone in Chasm City she hasn’t deceived?''Possibly, somewhere, but only as an extreme theoretical possibility.'
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Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?
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Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.
