Irvine Welsh Quotes

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.

Irvine Welsh

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CulturePeopleKnowSometimesMore

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

Robert Orben

PeopleTemptationTouchKeepWould

Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.

John Pople

TimeDecisionResearchBetter

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

ChangeJoyFeetYouJumpGround

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

BelieveIndiaI BelieveBrilliant

Vanity is a sensitive subject for gay men.

Rumaan Alam

MenVanityGaySensitiveSubject

There is nothing you can see that is not a Bashoflower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Matsuo Basho

MoonThinkYouNothingSee

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

Mindy Grossman

ResultsWillAbilityProofExecute

So many people apologize because they feel like they have to - that it's the appropriate thing to do, that it may help them down the road. But people can tell whether you're sincere.

Judy Smith

PeopleRoadFeelHelpYouDown

Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn't she texting? Where's her cellphone? Can't she have a simple paternity test? For God's sake, look on the Internet and check him out!

Lisa Jackson

GodSimplePresentInternetLook

My favorite comic book growing up was 'Thor.' It was one of my three, favorite comic books. Obviously, Marvel is such a huge name, but for me, to book a role in a Marvel movie, and for it to be 'Thor.' When my manager told me I booked 'Thor,' I literally didn't know what to say.

Joseph Gatt

MeGrowing UpBookNameKnowThree

There is a lack of talent in technology, and we need to be encouraging kids in school to learn how to code. We need to encourage computer science as a major. We need to encourage entrepreneurism.

Jon Oringer

TechnologyScienceSchoolTalent

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

Chet Faker

MusicSchoolHigh SchoolCareerSaid

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