Henry Rollins Quotes

Rock is ironic in that, up to a certain point, you can get better and better at it if you don't mind possibly looking more and more ridiculous.

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• If something is mine, then I want to keep it.

  

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• I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.

  

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• I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.

  

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• The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.

  

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• Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

  

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• I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.

  

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• It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.

  

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• Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling.

  

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• The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.

  

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• Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.

  

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• As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

  

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• It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.

  

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• I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss.

  

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• The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.

  

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• I love Chanel.

  

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• One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.

  

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• I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.

  

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• If you look at the play very closely, this is a thirdhand report of what a wonderful hero Macbeth is for saving Scotland. And in the next scene, he's planning to murder Duncan, and you never really know why or what's behind Macbeth.

  

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• I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!

  

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• In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

  

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• It's two things: it's totally impersonal and it's totally personal, simultaneously. That's the nature of the mystical experience of life. Everything about life is impersonal, but you have a personal experience. And the bridge between the personal and the impersonal is called prayer.

  

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• Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,

  

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• Rock is ironic in that, up to a certain point, you can get better and better at it if you don't mind possibly looking more and more ridiculous.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
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  • Rocks