Layne Thomas Staley Quotes
It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is.
Quotes to Explore
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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I'm not cynical.
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It’s in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it’s a tradition I want to pass on to my son.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is.
