Irvine Welsh Quotes
Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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If you want the Migos to come to your venue, you need to have security there because of the type of music we're rappin'. We get fans excited.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the long-term interests of our people.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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You can't write anything you want. Once you write that first chapter, then everything else is determined. You can write anything you want, but only one thing works.
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I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban wilderness and into the souls of our forgotten brothers. But Wrath James White hasn't forgotten about them--and after reading this book, neither will you.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
