Norman Quentin Cook (Fatboy Slim) Quotes
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.
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It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.
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Cultural industries will be the next engine for growth after real estate, and Wanda will make cultural industries our long-term focus.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here.
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Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.
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Strict ethical guidelines need to be developed in anticipation of significant technological and biotechnological advances in order to guarantee human dignity.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way.
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I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
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The body is both a temple and a perfect machine. Our bodies have within them a healing potential, and we nourish this potential with the pure and simple foods found in nature.
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Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.
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Ultimately, nobody can decide for you that it's the right moment to quit your job, just like nobody can decide for you that it's the right moment to fall in or out of love.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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I don't want to speak negativity into existence.
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I have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely.
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When I'm close to the penalty area, that's where I feel more comfortable.
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I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them.
