Being misunderstood Quote by Irvine Welsh

“I'm quite comfortable now with being misunderstood. I don't really feel the need either to pander to it or to refute it. Just go on, and do what I've got to do.”

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Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.

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He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.

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Me being misunderstood is common, a little too common but it is what it is.

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