Irvine Welsh Quotes
I just love the weather. I live on Miami Beach, which is all boutique hotels and cocktails. I do sometimes go along to smart parties in my white suit, but I wouldn't really recognise any famous people if they were there because I'm not very good at star-spotting.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give us a new pair of pajamas.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over.
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Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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Anything but Hillary Clinton. Because I think Hillary Clinton means war.
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God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.
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I just love the weather. I live on Miami Beach, which is all boutique hotels and cocktails. I do sometimes go along to smart parties in my white suit, but I wouldn't really recognise any famous people if they were there because I'm not very good at star-spotting.
