Irvine Welsh Quotes

It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.

Irvine Welsh

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GrowthNationalismDoneAlwaysOver

A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

Joel Osteen

WorldNeverRebelliousLikeKids

Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that you yourself as an entrepreneur want to work in for the next 20 years.

Jennifer Hyman

WorkGreatYourselfLongYouWant

One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life.

Andrew Solomon

LifeBusinessDepressionFeelPerson

People are so used to men playing these amazing roles that they sometimes can't even see that there is no reason it has to be a man other than it was written that way - this is true for diversity in general.

Melanie Scrofano

MenManDiversityPeopleAmazing

The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.

John McEnroe

GoodPerceptionAlongGetVibeOff

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Robert South

GreatParentPleasureNovelty

It is hard for me to understand why we tolerate so many barriers to agriculture trade when America is the No. 1 producer of agriculture products. I think opening up markets - more markets for agricultural sales is a very high priority for us.

Robert Lighthizer

MeThinkAmericaAgricultureWhy

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

Steve Martin

PeopleWritingThinkHardAirOut

'The Last Pictures' is meant to create a framework to think about the long-term effects of human civilizations and the transformations we've made to the world around us. Having said that, every person in the world would have done the project differently, so in that sense, I guess it bears my creative stamp.

Trevor Paglen

CreativeWorldThinkCreatePictures

Yes, I still love 'South Park,' but I also love morning TV now.

Mo Rocca

LoveMorningNowYesParkStill

When you're going for a big studio comedy, the joke tally better be pretty high, and you better have some big comedy set pieces. That was one of the issues when I was trying to get 'Swingers' made for the first time, which is that there weren't any broad comedy set pieces.

Jon Favreau

TimeBetterComedyTryingYouHigh

I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to be thoughtful and polite.

Debi Mazar

DressThoughtfulHouseLeaveHow

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