Irvine Welsh Quotes
I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
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I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.
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Don't confuse honours with achievement.
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All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.
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I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.
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I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
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And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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Is he a good man?" "Define 'good'.
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
