Henry Rollins Quotes
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.
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Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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I played point guard my whole life.
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We've always believed in our music.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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I think I'm holding on to a limb to keep from falling into a hole, but the limb turns out to be nothing but a twig, and the hole looks like the Grand Canyon.
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10 years ago in 2006, nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate what is eligible because the integrity of the process is our foremost consideration. It's difficult to get certified sales awards, and it's a big deal and we didn't want there to be a huge change in how many would be eligible.
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As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like "How are we going to avoid baking the planet," and "How are we going to create jobs for ordinary Americans?" Meanwhile, we're offering solutions that conservative should like. I'm not calling for more welfare; I'm calling for more work.
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It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something.
