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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.

Irvine Welsh

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MeWritingBeenPlateHanded

Occasionally, I've been asked to do American roles, and once or twice I have, but I don't understand Americans. I don't have any real feeling for American culture.

Jim Broadbent

CultureAmericanFeelingUnderstand

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CharacterPeopleLaughNothingMore

As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.

John Gourley

LoveRedDressPlaceRed CarpetUp

If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday, then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

Jean-Claude Juncker

MondayBelieveSaturdaySomeoneHim

I know Elon, we're very like minded in many ways. We're not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it's one thing. He's singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don't find that Plan B idea motivating. I don't want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

Jeff Bezos

WiseMeThinkMotivationPlanEarth

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

Trae Young

Doing The Right ThingMindsetDoing

We hope that the Commonwealth Sports movement is playing a meaningful role in the wider global conversation around tolerance, empowerment, and legal recognition for all.

Tom Daley

HopeSportsLegalToleranceMovement

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

Michel de Montaigne

MyselfWorldNeverMiracleMonster

I've never met a well-adjusted person. It's weird.

Joss Whedon

WeirdPersonNeverMetWell-Adjusted

What is so terrible about transaction costs? On what basis are they considered the ultimate evil, so that their minimization must override all other considerations of choice, freedom, and justice?

Murray Rothbard

FreedomJusticeEvilChoiceTerrible

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.

Morton Gould

LifeMeMy LifeDonePianoPlaying

What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.

Linus Torvalds

PeopleInterestingFindNeverLinux

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