Irvine Welsh Quotes

I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me find their personas. What they play, where they stay, who they lay, is my matrix for character development.

Irvine Welsh

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Money has always been framed as a public good, one that must be stewarded by governments, when in fact, it is a private enterprise like any other which is fueled by personal agendas, regulation, and the quest for geopolitical hegemony.

Meltem Demirors

GoodMoneyPersonalAlwaysQuest

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

John Locke

LoveThoughtPresentHimDelightHe

On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there.

John McCain

FreedomFightWarTryingTarget

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo. He had an Afro halo. He was a kid who was capable of embodying all of the high possibilities and the deep griefs that besieged the African American psyche.

Michael Eric Dyson

MusicDeepChocolateAmericanGenius

Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world.

Trevor Paglen

LawFlyWorldWantMilitaryThan

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

Roland Martin

LifeWorkYouPlaceWhereYour

I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.

Rufus Wainwright

AgeMyselfThinkYoungPrettyHad

I'm super grateful, and whenever somebody offers me something, and I'm doing it, I always try to give 110%.

Michael Pena

GratefulMeDoingTryAlwaysGive

The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LifeYouSeeOwnManifestationYour

If women were in charge of everything, there would be women tyrants. If black people were in charge, there would be black tyrants. If Hispanics were in charge, then Hispanic tyrants.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

WomenPeopleBlackEverythingCharge

Bayern had no international success in the years before I joined, and my goal was actually to play at the best possible level, which would have meant winning the Champions League.

Arjen Robben

SuccessBestWinningGoalChampions

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same.

Antonio Porchia

WordsSayNeverThey SayAlways

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