Henry Rollins Quotes
Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.
Quotes to Explore
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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One doesn't have an agreement to that effect written down on parchment and sealed; but it is as well understood and ought to be as faithfully kept as any legal contract.
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Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.
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Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic.
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The best night of my life was watching the Japanese Noh theater. I've only seen it once, but even saying it now, I think, 'How can I ever have this experience again?' It was so mesmerizing, so complicated and so primordial; I could not believe it.
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The world loves a peaceful man, but it gives way to a strenuous kicker.
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I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.
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I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.
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Blank paper always symbolizes the anxiety of the painter.
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Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.
