Henry Rollins Quotes
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
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As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me.
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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.
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It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.
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I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.
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You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.
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I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.
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American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a land of small talk.
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When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'
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Like everywhere in the world, people of the Middle East aspire to liberty and justice. They wish to have a better life and a decent education for their children.
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I still see life entirely through its Darwinian prism. I keep trying to shake off the aftereffects of writing 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead', and I find I can't.
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Like everyone else in this world, I have had struggles. There's disappointment and obstacles in everybody's life. I feel like I was writing 'Second Chance' not just for myself, but also for the people who have struggled.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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I'm not overweight, but I'm not in shape at all. I do not work out.
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Half of life is up - the other half is dealing with it.
