Henry Rollins Quotes
I like people. Rightwingers don't. They like business, they don't care about people. I like education, they seem not to care much about it.
Quotes to Explore
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.
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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy to millions of Britain's families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come.
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What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature as a method of guidance, information, and contemplation, and consider it the greatest compliment possible when a reader tells me that a book of mine really made him/her think.
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.
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They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.
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In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and it's obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.
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Sometimes I loved the disruptive student in class who livened up lectures with wisecracks - it put a spin on things, added flavor, made me laugh. Other times, I wished the heckler would just shut up so I could learn something.
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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.
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News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper.
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I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didn't wear off, but I found other interests.
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Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.
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Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.
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I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.
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I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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I keep three hoes, But don't'call me Santa
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I like people. Rightwingers don't. They like business, they don't care about people. I like education, they seem not to care much about it.
