Irvine Welsh Quotes
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
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The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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I am actually one of those who took President Obama at his word when he first ran - that he would get us out of ill-advised wars, that he would do something about health care costs, and that he would protect civil liberties. Like many Americans, I was disappointed.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I think everyone at school experiences some form of bullying. With kids at school, it can be anything - it can be your shoes or the wrong bag or anything. If you are big like I am, you are always going to be a target. So I decided at school to make myself an even bigger target, if you like: to make myself as big as I could be.
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If you were to ask me when I was 17 if I was mad because I didn't have a deal, I would have probably said, 'Yeah.' Now I'm so glad I got it when I got it. People tell you to be patient and wait. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but I think everything definitely happened the right way for me.
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation.
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Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
