Irvine Welsh Quotes
How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.
Quotes to Explore
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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I just roll with the punches.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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I've never heard an agency say, 'Unless you industrialize I will not support you'.
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Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.
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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.
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How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.
