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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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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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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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.
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I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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In August 1914, my father was called to war and then taken prisoner. He died in captivity in Germany on March 27, 1915. My youth - indeed, my entire life - was deeply marked by this, directly and indirectly.
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How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.
