Henry Rollins Quotes
There is a concerted effort to keep you and me, you know, the people, away from what it [war] really looks like, 'cause when you're selling war, when it's such a big industry. What they don't tell you is the rest of it and the down side of it. And so obviously there is a lot of money and a lot of time and effort being spent on that campaign "perpetual war for perpetual peace".
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
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I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
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I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
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I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.
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I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.
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I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
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Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
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The East Turkestan Islamic Movement, named for an old Uighur name for Xinjiang, is a shadowy group that operates largely out of Afghanistan and Pakistan and is devoted to expelling the Chinese Communist Party from northwestern China.
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I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.
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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.
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Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
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Tranquilizers to overcome angst, pep pills to wake us up, life pills to ensure blissful sterility. I will lift up my ears unto the pills whence cometh my help.
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Freestyle, especially aerials, fits the Chinese because we are good at gymnastics.
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There is a concerted effort to keep you and me, you know, the people, away from what it [war] really looks like, 'cause when you're selling war, when it's such a big industry. What they don't tell you is the rest of it and the down side of it. And so obviously there is a lot of money and a lot of time and effort being spent on that campaign "perpetual war for perpetual peace".
