Irvine Welsh Quotes

When people write a novel, they want to have that reach and that impact. To get it with a first novel, you can either see it as an albatross or a calling card.

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• If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.

  

  Garth Nix
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• 'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • People
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• Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
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• We want to encourage people to talk to one another.

  

  Kate Middleton
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• 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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• We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

  

  Malcolm Fraser
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• There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!

  

  Patricia Sun
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• Where liberals see as an ever-more-splendid diversity of colors, creeds, ethnicities, ideologies, beliefs and lifestyles, the Right sees the disintegration of a country, a nation, a people, and its replacement with a Tower of Babel. Visions in conflict that democracy cannot reconcile.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • People
  • Country
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• During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • People
  • Mind
  • Game

• Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.

  

  M.I.A.
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• Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • People
  • Small
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• It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.

  

  Ed Smith
  • People
  • Exercise
  • Year

• I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • People
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• Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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• You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • People
  • Question
  • Individual

• I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.

  

  Florentijn Hofman
  • People
  • Time
  • Travel

• I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Power
  • Style

• I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about.

  

  Bob Colacello
  • People
  • Parents
  • Italian

• Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means to weave communion between people.

  

  Dave Eggers
  • People

• I've had tragedy in my life, and it doesn't stop comedy, so I think it's important to do both. Particularly in a superhero movie, but in any movie that accesses all people. Nobody wants to be abused for two hours.

  

  Patty Jenkins
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

  

  John Wayne

• I wanna be a president for everyone in America. That's my goal, this what I will do, that's what I've done in my past.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • America
  • President

• When people write a novel, they want to have that reach and that impact. To get it with a first novel, you can either see it as an albatross or a calling card.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Want
  • Impact