Henry Rollins Quotes
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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I'm not cynical.
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There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it – I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.
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Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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No production without a need. But consumption reproduces the need.
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It is only by the amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations; and that is an element which Governments must not despise.
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The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
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Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.
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I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought if I was going to try that, I should shoot for the best, and I auditioned for Julliard.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way.
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People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
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I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.