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 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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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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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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Heretics have been hated from the beginning of recorded time; they have been ostracized, exiled, tortured, maimed, and butchered; but it has generally proved impossible to smother them; and when it has not, the society that has succeeded has always declined.
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The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.
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Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.
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The most important part of any acquisition is your ability to culturally integrate the people in the companies you acquire and your company.
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The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.
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Under the law, the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast.
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There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.
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Ah jist shrugged, - Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern.
