Henry Rollins Quotes
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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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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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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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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A cat is never vulgar.
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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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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Love is an interesting thing.
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My life motto is basically to lower your standards and expectations so you're never disappointed and never put any trust in anything, and I try to prepare for the day that I wake up, and everyone I know is like, 'LOL JK best long-running practical joke ever', so I've never really let myself freak out or get too excited about anything.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Be kind to yourself and to others. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. I was told that every day of my childhood.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
