Irvine Welsh Quotes
'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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People always say, and my family has said it to me, that you know who your real friends are when you're at your lowest point and you don't have a job or whatever.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
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Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
