Layne Thomas Staley Quotes
Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.
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The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.
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Religion has a good place and it has its good people.
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Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.
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The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.
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It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
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I guess I've always been attracted to secret societies and the mystery surrounding them.
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Sometimes a relationship is what falls cause it's not fair that, that person has to fit inside your life or you have to fit inside that person's life.
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Like the pain of a bad wound, the effect of a deep shock takes some while to be felt. When a child is told, for the first time in his life, that a person he has known is dead, although he does not disbelieve it, he may well fail to comprehend it and later ask--perhaps more than once--where the dead person is and when he is coming back.
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Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.
