Henry Rollins Quotes
I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex.
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I'm embracing new technology to record my songs, and it's a wonderful way to interact with people who love Whitesnake and help spread the gospel of the 'Snake, and I'm having fun doing it.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.
