Irvine Welsh Quotes
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
Zoe Kravitz -
Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
RaeLynn -
If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
Laura Osnes -
I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.
Edie Campbell -
Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
Idina Menzel
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Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.
Taylor Negron -
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
T Bone Burnett -
We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
Hansjorg Wyss -
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
Rachel Weisz -
Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
B. F. Skinner -
To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.
Wavy Gravy
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see.
Gary Lineker -
The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
Umberto Eco -
There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
Os Guinness -
It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
Ma Jun -
I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
Paddy Considine
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I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.
John Otto Limp Bizkit -
Growing up, my favorite pass-rusher was Julius Peppers. He was just a beast.
Malik Jackson -
I love working in America!
Ed Oxenbould -
We've always had a chip on our shoulders.
Chuck Darby -
I love Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Brandi, Sade, Nat King Cole. I like the Beatles. I listen to a lot of that.
Leah LaBelle -
So many people have become divorced from the system, criminalised by their lifestyle.
Irvine Welsh