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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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on.
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Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.
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That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart.
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What cops are hired to do is to control people who will not abide by the social contract.
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People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.
