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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My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell. If you're going to spend two years of your life on something it has to matter to you, you have to be passionate about it.
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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
