Irvine Welsh Quotes
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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I've tried my hardest to bribe my chef, but my team have been clever and hired someone who not only is not bribeable but who chases me round the house and makes sure I eat what he's cooked, and he lays out my vitamin pills and supplements in front of me so I can't 'forget' to take them.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.
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I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?
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The economy is so bad, two Milwaukee men were arrested this week for trying to join ISIS. Did you hear their excuse, they said, 'Hey! Nobody else is hiring!' THAT'S how bad it is!
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I'm very much inspired by things that anger me. If I see bigotry, stupidity, or injustice on the news, I'm inspired to find a way to make it into something comedic and relatable. Anger inspires me. Stupidity inspires me. My family inspires me. My accountant inspires me. Everything and anything, really.
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The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the shadow of apparently irrevocable disaster.
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Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers.
