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Irvine Welsh

"I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself."

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"I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself."

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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

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"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."

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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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"Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting."

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"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

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