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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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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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 felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.
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Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.
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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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I think words have consequences, and I think actions have consequences.
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I actually built my own dining table back home in Australia. It's a secret hobby of mine that I weirdly find transfixing.
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Good friends find pleasure in one another's company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who can do everything for us, a friend who loves us beyond measure. Here in the Blessed Sacrament we can talk to him straight from the heart. We can open our souls to him, tell him what we need, beg him for powerful graces. We are perfectly free to approach the King of the universe with full confidence and without fear.
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I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.
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Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.
