Henry Rollins Quotes

As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

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• I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.

  

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• The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.

  

  Wang Leehom
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• It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich.

  

  Olga Korbut
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• I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.

  

  J. C. Watts
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• Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.

  

  Jack Kemp
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• Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.

  

  Kabir Bedi
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• I like Xtreme Sour Strips. These really colorful little strips that are so good. I like snacking on them. They're not healthy for you, though!

  

  Becky G
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• An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.

  

  Edgar Quinet
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• Bethou me, said sparrow, to the crackled blade, And you, and you, bethou me as you blow, When in my coppice you behold me be.

  

  Wallace Stevens
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• Mistaking no answers in practice for no answers in principle is a great source of moral confusion.

  

  Sam Harris
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  • Practice
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• All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?

  

  James Hillman
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• I don't really use fragrance. I use essential oils, but not necessarily every day.

  

  Hannah Bronfman

• I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

  

  Alexis Bledel
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• It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.

  

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• We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

  

  Joan Blades
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• The first tournament I ever played, I won. I was six years old.

  

  Garbine Muguruza

• The way I dress, I dress totally different than I did when I was in college. I have to - try to - look professional. You change a lot when you are in the NBA, but I know where I came from.

  

  Derrick Rose
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• As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

  

  Buffy Sainte-Marie
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• When I was a kid, I thought I would be an action-movie hero. I was like, "They're gonna be able to CGI my legs by that point." And then I realized that it was probably better if I stayed a little closer to who I actually am rather than trying to be Bruce Willis.

  

  Zach Anner
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• I just can't fathom tweeting, and I'd rather spend my time writing a book than a blog, but I rather grudgingly agreed to a Facebook page. I had a brief, intense romance with Facebook. It's weirdly addictive, but anything that time-sucking is a danger for a writer who writes as slowly as I do. Now I post only occasionally and nothing very confessional. I think I'm carbon dating myself as I speak.

  

  Debra Dean
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• I'm not in "Bend and Snap." But, I will say that when I first heard they were making Legally Blonde into a musical, I thought, Well, of course, there's going to be a bend and snap number, because it's just, I think, one of the most natural moments in the movie to expand into a musical number.

  

  Katherine Shindle
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  • Heard
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• I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a principal and mom is a middle school counselor, so acting was like, "Eh, whatever. As long as you get good grades." It's really fun, and nothing more.

  

  Shailene Woodley
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Principle

• As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

  

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