Norman Quentin Cook (Fatboy Slim) Quotes
I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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I fight because I like challenges.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.
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Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.
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When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community.
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Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
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I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.
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Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.
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Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
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If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate.
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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
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We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.
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We're still finalizing the design and selecting the contractors. (The design) is still shifting and changing.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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Quickly you learn it's way better to have fans talking and caring about you than not.
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I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records.
