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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
“It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.”
— Irvine Welsh · Con
It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
I think that every project offers an opportunity to reinvent process as well as content.
It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
I go to the gym and work through a routine. But if you see someone with a personal trainer, you know they do 10 times more than you do. You give up your sense of identity. If you watch 'The Biggest Loser,' you see people give up their identity to become something else.
Con artists specialize in finding what people need, and Trump knows the media craves variety, scandal, secrets, and he-said-she-said stories, even of the most dubious provenance.
I love a sexy caper show, and I love shows about con artists.
I'm all about 'molde de arroz con picadillo'.
To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.