Casey Legler Quotes
I understand signifiers. We're social creatures and we have a physical language of communicating with each other. But it would be a really beautiful thing if we could all just wear what we wanted, without it meaning something… it would be a lovely place if we didn't necessarily judge or jump to conclusions because someone wants to wear a dress or because someone wants to wear pants.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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I have a good relationship with Lifetime.
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Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.
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I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.
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Liner notes, Music Bank box set, 1999.
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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
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One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.
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My father loved to take us on historical vacations, and you should have seen the stares we received in East Berlin.
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I grew up in the '90s and remember the lyrics back then were so abstract and open to interpretation. That always drove me crazy.
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I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.
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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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I've always had the idea that multi-millionaire rock stars should work harder than anyone because they have the ability to do it. Look at an artist like Andy Warhol. He never stopped working, even after he didn't need to work again.
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Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.
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What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of silliness, against this tide of superficiality, against this horrible Greek chorus on Twitter where everyone is insulting each other and now we have an insulter-in-chief, who's risen to the presidency by insulting people.
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Most women I know are priestesses and healers... We are, all of us, sisters of a mysterious order.
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I understand signifiers. We're social creatures and we have a physical language of communicating with each other. But it would be a really beautiful thing if we could all just wear what we wanted, without it meaning something… it would be a lovely place if we didn't necessarily judge or jump to conclusions because someone wants to wear a dress or because someone wants to wear pants.
