Irvine Welsh Quotes
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.
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The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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I've never tried to be something I'm not.
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Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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I'm incredibly humbled that the leader of the modern liberty movement and strong conservative leader Congressman Ron Paul is backing our campaign.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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I think I weighed about 450/460 at my heaviest. That's huge! That's Fat Joe. And you know, I always took pride in being fat.
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I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
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I'd like to change the depictions of life, love, and adventure under what's known as the typical, overused backdrop of Hollywood.
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A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor.
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The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
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Just wear what makes you happy. If you're happy, it's a great outfit.
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I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
