Irvine Welsh Quotes
Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're bored with life.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.
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The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.
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It's been my experience with damaged people: they don't wake up every day and wallow in the bad things that have happened to them.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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O proud philanthropist, your hope is vainTo get by giving what you lost by gain.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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I truly believe that when you're funny, you're blessed. Your whole life is kind of golden. I was happy, although it was not perfect happiness. There was illness and sadness and death.
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Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're bored with life.
