Henry Rollins Quotes
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.
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We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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I believe in music.
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Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
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I'd spent years expressing myself with my body and suddenly I had the chance to express myself with my voice.
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California ... is the place that sets the trends and establishes the values for the rest of the country; like a slow ooze, California culture spreads eastward across the land.
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Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance.
