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You see if you ask me we're heterosexual by default, not by decision. It's just a… — Mark Renton

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You see if you ask me we're heterosexual by default, not by decision. It's just a question of who you fancy. It's all about aesthetics and it's fuck all to do with morality.

Mark Renton
Trainspotting · 1996
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1996
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Mark Renton
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Trainspotting. Directed by Danny Boyle, Channel Four Films/Figment Films/Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, 1996.

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