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We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ↗

— Simone Weil

#alone #contemplate #god #him #image

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anything #because #being #concluding #contrary

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#easy #everyone #internet #made #opinionated

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#classic #effect #great #had #i

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#beauty #being #equality #part #trust

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#become #celebrities #computers #culture #distance

As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#guys #horrible #jail #some #were

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#anymore #found #gotten #i #influences

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#biggest influence #bowie #influence #obviously

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#ape #explore #going #hit #i