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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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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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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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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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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You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.
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Lenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism!
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I can't bear to think of life without Janice. I want to go first because I don't want to miss her, because that would be a pain far worse than any death.
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I think when I was a young person, there was just kind of - there was very little dialogue about it. And there was just kind of one way to be gay, right? You saw very effeminate guys. You saw very butch women. And there was no kind of in-between. And there was no - you know, there wasn't anything in the media. There wasn't anything on television.
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Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
