Irvine Welsh Quotes
Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know?
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Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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After I won my first amateur fight, I figured I would do fighting on the side while I was going to school. I got an offer after that amateur fight to take a professional fight. The opponent kind of wanted to have an easy win for her pro debt, and they said they'd pay me $1,500. I was like, 'Yeah, might as well get paid for what I was doing.'
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
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I analyze religious knowledge and consciousness.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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I always say that people are like peanut shells on the ocean: the waves will take them everywhere.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle.
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Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.
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I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never got to that point.
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Those trying to get support for their iPhones don't necessary trust their carriers, so they ask their friends for help.
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Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.
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I've never ducked anyone. Bernard Hopkins has beaten people that nobody else wanted to fight - Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver. I knocked out Felix Trinidad easily, Oscar de la Hoya with a body shot, I had world title 20 defences.
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Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is when senators anonymously block legislation or nominations without explanation.
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I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.
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I know how it feels to go hungry.
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It's a mature thing to understand that your pictures of a lifetime together with someone were... well, the reality is not what we're taught.
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Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know?
