Henry Rollins Quotes
What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied inside the Beltway.
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When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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Slick marketing, high-tech production values, and a practical message have created a product that plays well to today's fickle churchgoer. Megachurches - defined as congregations with more than 2,000 members - number close to 600 in the United States.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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I'm such a bad shopper for myself. I love fashion and all that kind of stuff, but that's sort of the last thing I want to do when I'm done with a film is go shopping. I want to just chill.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power.
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An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.
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Most politicians have to find a way past that allergy. They have to find a way to go door to door, person to person, or else they don't win.
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Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press.
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I was born into Sudan's civil war, and before I could read or write, I was using an AK47 in the conflict between the Muslim north and Animist/Christian south over the land and natural resources.
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What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied inside the Beltway.
