Henry Rollins Quotes
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
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'Evita' was four pieces of slick paper and a record album. It's the most scary, to sit down and dictate a musical scene by scene. It was a musical unlike anything I'd ever seen before myself.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.
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Commerce is abusive. It's very hobbling to always be saying, 'Please let me put this out, this thing I've worked on for years.' It's like a nasty parent saying, 'No! Now go to your room.' As publishing companies got bigger, you felt even less significant.
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From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
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Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.
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I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.
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I am the assasin of my dreams.
