Irvine Welsh Quotes
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
Owen Feltham -
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.
Mac Thornberry -
I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
Sacha Guitry -
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.
Yoko Ono -
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Warren Buffett -
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.
Rachel Platten
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
Sam Heughan -
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.
Vaclav Klaus -
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.
Paloma Faith -
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.
Usain Bolt -
The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
Ralph Peters -
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
Randy Moss -
I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.
Garry Hynes -
It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
Laura Wade -
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
Ian Hislop -
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.
Jaclyn Smith -
I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.
J. Paul Getty -
I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world.
Milla Jovovich -
I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
Aaron Patzer -
People should be blessed in life with friends who are both "Mirrors & Shadows"! Mirrors don't lie & shadows never leave.
Lata Mangeshkar -
Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers.
Irvine Welsh