Henry Rollins Quotes
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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That's one of my real goals is to keep theater in my life.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day....
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I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
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The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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When I was young they used to call me 'The Foreman,' not because I was in charge but because I did the work of four men.
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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
