Irvine Welsh Quotes
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea, and actually shooting above that height at a few points, which is the nursery of many of the rivers of Devon.
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When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.
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The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves.
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To make our communications more effective, we need to shift our thinking from "What information do I need to convey?" to "What questions do I want my audience to ask?
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The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.
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When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without a male chaperone. The greatest moment was when that ended.
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From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
