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I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that.

Irvine Welsh

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My first-ever job was when I was 14 or 15 in Washington, D.C., a job that I got through Marion Barry's summer-youth-employment program. It was working in the locker room of a public swimming pool, deep inside Anacostia in Southeast D.C., about five to 10 minutes from my house.

Jeffrey Wright

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When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

Robert Southwell

SmileThinkWillSheSmilesFortune

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

Anish Kapoor

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Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

Robert Teeter

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Nobody can compare themselves to what The Beatles went through. It was wild.

Ron Howard

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When you're wearing pointe shoes, honestly, they hurt - a lot - every day.

Mary Helen Bowers

ShoesDayHurtYouEvery DayEvery

My dream job would be to design a sexy maternity collection, maybe also beautiful lingerie for expecting women. It's impossible to find nice sexy lingerie anywhere for pregnant or nursing women, which is when you actually need an extra boost of confidence and feel sexy.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

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I think the western is about people in harsh places trying to tame an unfriendly wilderness. Because life is defined by struggle, it's kind of the perfect microcosmic experience to explore that. 'Here we are, struggling.' It's about people persevering and persevering and persevering.

Chris Pine

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Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

Peter Mandelson

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Stop worrying what other people think.

Noma Dumezweni

PeopleThinkStopWorryingOther

Coaching really is an individual philosophy.

Mark Messier

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I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

Kylie Jenner

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