Irvine Welsh Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I'm proud to support Secretary Clinton.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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I like things simple.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I was briefly bitter.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included.
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It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.
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I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
