Henry Rollins Quotes

With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.

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• Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers.

  

  Tad Williams
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Technology

• I don't think I'm as educated as Whoopi, so I'm lifting myself to her level. But you know, our view of the world, our view of what we can do, our sense of what it means to be here, are similar.

  

  Ted Danson
  • World
  • Myself
  • View

• Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • Help
  • Mission
  • Founders

• To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Best
  • Circumstances

• I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

  

  Isaac Barrow
  • Very
  • Matters
  • Pass

• This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • May
  • Like
  • Beauty

• Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Educational
  • Facilities

• A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

  

  Ward McAllister
  • Die
  • Dinner
  • Obligation

• Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Thought
  • Devil
  • Witch

• I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Different
  • Thing
  • Girls

• Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Amazing

• Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!

  

  Jack Germond
  • Heart
  • True
  • Newspaper

• I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Energy
  • Always
  • Try

• As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.

  

  Karen Kingsbury
  • Dream
  • Fall
  • Wonder

• They call me Fearless Felix.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Me
  • Fearless
  • Call

• And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.

  

  Jack Nance
  • Guy
  • Nice
  • Now

• I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • You

• It seems that in the rush to be the first one to the story, the media overstates things. Not maliciously; I don't think they're intentionally misleading. But the credibility gap is already there, and in this rush to get to the story first, a lot of mainstream outlets just erode their credibility further.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Think
  • Story
  • Media

• My parents are definitely my biggest role models.

  

  Jaden Smith
  • Parents

• I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they are judging my book by its cover or by preconceived notions.

  

  Emily Giffin
  • Book
  • Criticism
  • Judging

• It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.

  

  Cheryl Tiegs
  • Important
  • Exercise
  • Workout

• The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.

  

  Nuala O'Faolain
  • Long
  • Dream
  • Waiting

• The colors are stunning. In a single view, I see - looking out at the edge of the earth: red at the horizon line, blending to orange and yellow, followed by a thin white line, then light blue, gradually turning to dark blue and various gradually darker shades of gray, then black and a million stars above. It's breathtaking.

  

  William C. McCool
  • Dark
  • Millions
  • Various

• With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Book
  • Turns
  • Naked