Irvine Welsh Quotes
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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I don't like allegories.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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I grew up with an abundance of things from our garden, so fried food was not enjoyable.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
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I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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I buy when other people are selling.
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I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reforms, or Hindu-Muslim relations, or position of women, I can do it as it affects my characters as in 'A Suitable Boy.' I could only write about issues specifically through essays. But I'll do that only if I have something worthwhile to say.
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I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.
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Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts.
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Comedy is hard to do, and I don't know why it doesn't have its own category in awards. I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. It doesn't get respect. It's hard. It's really hard. It would be more gratifying to get something for a comedy, because it doesn't happen much or at all.
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As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
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People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.
