I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.
I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.
Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.
What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.
Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.
Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.
Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.
And speaking of sex, the Immaculate Conception does not mean Jesus was conceived in the absence of sex. It means Mary was conceived without Original Sin. That's all it has ever meant. And according to the tabloids, Mary is apparently the only one who can make such a claim. The Jesus thing is called virgin birth.
You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'
The return from cows and sheep in cheese is worth much money every day in the season, without calves and lambs, and without the manure, which all return corn and fruit.
In that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't make mistakes.