Jarvis Cocker Quotes
I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.
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Psychiatry causes so much death.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth.
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Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
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Aggression is not a breed thing. It's a state of mind, and it comes from how the human is with the dog. There are four levels of energy, regardless of the breed: low, medium, high, very high. The idea is to get a dog in your same level or lower than you.
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I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.
