Irvine Welsh Quotes
When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
Irvine Welsh
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
Van Morrison
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While many in the social enterprise space often qualify themselves as 'non-profit,' these organizations should instead treat themselves as 'for-purpose.' These organizations should focus on their mission to create social good, while still treating themselves with the same commitment to rigor and discipline as the best for-profits.
Adam Braun
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
Federica Mogherini
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
D. H. Lawrence
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I love red or deep purple lips for events.
Cara Delevingne
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
Naomi Klein
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
T. C. Boyle
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
Nancy Pelosi
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
Ward McAllister
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I don't want to go to work and get into bed with someone else, not even Tom Cruise. It's not like I enjoy it.
Cameron Diaz
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I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.
Laila Ali
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
Tatyana Ali
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I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that.
Edward G. Robinson
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I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book.
Jostein Gaarder
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
Pat Summitt
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I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school or high school, I started with novels.
M. K. Hobson
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I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.
Angie Thomas
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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