Henry Rollins Quotes
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
Quotes to Explore
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.
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Angela Merkel puts Germany first.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
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All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.
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As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.
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In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat.
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Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.
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It's tiring to be asked the same questions all day long: 'What is Gangnam style?' and 'Teach me how to dance.'
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I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails, I get my secretary to type out for me. And the personal ones, I avoid and just pick up the phone and call them.
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For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
