Irvine Welsh Quotes
I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
Quotes to Explore
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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I have to live up to the love I am receiving.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.
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The Players Coalition is an NFL-funded subversion group, so that's why I removed myself from them.
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Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.
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My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
