Henry Rollins Quotes
Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.
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I try to read as a reader and also read as a writer. I mean, they're not so different.
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I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the words that matter most.
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I juggle a lot of different balls and sometimes I don't know how I manage to keep them all up in the air, but I do!
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Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
