Henry Rollins Quotes
I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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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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I'm not a good guitar player.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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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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Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.
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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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Everyone's talking about insoles nowadays, saying that it's a male necessity. To tell you the truth, I always use it because for people like me that started dancing at a very young age, it's more stable for me if my heel is pushed back a little. I wear it because it can make me dance better. But of course, since I wear it, my legs look longer too.
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And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon.
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Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.
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I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.
