Irvine Welsh Quotes
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - one of the worst places.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts.
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
