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As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it wo

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldnt actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you dont want it. – Jarvis Cocker

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I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasnt it? Thats the place where your dreams will come true. Its an act of faith now they think thats going to sort things out. – Jarvis Cocker

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Dreams
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You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? Id rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship. – Jarvis Cocker

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relationship
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I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where Im from. I wouldnt move back there, but its funny when you spend a bit of time in the place where you were brought up. You kind of realize how that place has had quite a big effect on you or made you a certain way. – Jarvis Cocker

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I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler. – Jeremy Bulloch

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I dont like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would! – Bruce Dickinson

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I want to be famous everywhere. – Luciano Pavarotti

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Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery OConnor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques. – Robert Morgan

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