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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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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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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The best part about poker is there's no down side.
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It's so essential to happiness to speak your truth out loud - because this sharing of your core pain is what creates a necessary healing shift - from negative beliefs about the world - to positive beliefs - and frees you up to be able to fully view life with meaning, purpose and connection with others.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
