Irvine Welsh Quotes
He had noted that with older people. They often try to control younger, more popular and vivacious people; usually due to the fact that they are jealous of the qualities the younger people have and they lack. These inadequacies are disguised with a benign, protective attitude.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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When we go to the store, we bring home more than food - we bring home traces of broader environmental problems. But we can use our shopping carts and dinner plates to help solve some of those problems.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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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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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.
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Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
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I think that people are definitely interested in the idea that Joan has conversations with God.
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He had noted that with older people. They often try to control younger, more popular and vivacious people; usually due to the fact that they are jealous of the qualities the younger people have and they lack. These inadequacies are disguised with a benign, protective attitude.
