"I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating."

-- Jarvis Cocker

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“My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.”
“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”

Source : Peter L. Bernstein (2012). “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk”, p.18, John Wiley & Sons
“The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.”
“What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership.”

Source : Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, p.58, Simon and Schuster
“When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a tradition. I'm just doing them because they're great songs.”
“The appearances of natural objects are in themselves meaningless; the essential thing is feeling - in itself and completely independent of the context in which it has been evoked.”

Source : 'Artists on Art; from the 14th - 20th centuries', ed. by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves; Pantheon Books, 1972, London, pp. 451, 1927.
“Vagabonding is about refusing to exile travel to some other, seemingly more appropriate, time of your life. Vagabonding is about taking control of your circumstances instead of passively waiting for them to decide your fate.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.17, Ballantine Books
“You can certainly shorten things and tighten things, we tightened up Jon's walk to Mance Rayder's tent. That was something that got tightened up a little bit because I had shot the hell out of that.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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