Irvine Welsh Quotes
Ah jist shrugged, - Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern.
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I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
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I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
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It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias.
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My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
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I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.
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The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.
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I have volunteered for Musicians on Call for the past 12 years because of the incredible one-on-one experiences in hospital rooms when no one other than the patient and I would remember the love that was exchanged.
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I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.
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When you are a pit bull, and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out.
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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
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Google is not a synonym for research.
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If man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is perishable.
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Every moment markedWith apparitions of your soul.I'm ever swiftly movingTrying to escape this desire.
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On the very rare occasion when they don't all jump up out of their seats I'm always mortified.
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There's gonna' be a lotta slow singin' and flower bringin' if my burglar alarm starts ringin'.
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Since emotional regulation is the critical issue in managing the effects of trauma and neglect, it would make an enormous difference if teachers, army sergeants, foster parents, and mental health professionals were thoroughly schooled in emotional-regulation techniques. Right now this still is mainly the domain of preschool and kindergarten teachers, who deal with immature brains and impulsive behavior on a daily basis and who are often very adept at managing them.
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The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.
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There's a perspective that I've gained as an astronaut that I didn't get from my science activities. In my science activities, I learned by the seat of my pants. Spending 17 years as an astronaut, I learned the NASA formalism of systems engineering as if my life depended on it. Literally.
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Ah jist shrugged, - Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern.
