Layne Thomas Staley Quotes
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It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.
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Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
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We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
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Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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When a product is made, everyone hopes for the best. Whether it could have been better or not is more of an afterthought.
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I've gone on streaks where I haven't shot the ball well here, but I was always making up for it in other areas, so it wasn't as big. It's just a part of the game. I got to do better with it.
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The answer to having a better life is not about getting a better life, it's just about changing how we see the one we have right now.
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A pen is different from the pad, the key, moving your fingers across a screen. I like both. I like to work on sketchbooks, big old white sketch paper. I like how that feels, and I like to put different media on it. Then there's the phone, smartphone, iPad: It's the new page, and it's not the same page anymore.
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One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
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You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.
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If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead
