Henry Rollins Quotes
A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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I'm not a good guitar player.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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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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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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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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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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No one is India.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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Having to re-recruit, rehire, and retrain, and wait for a new employee to get up to speed is devastating in terms of cost.
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I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are.
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I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come along and done it before me. I felt a little out of place for a while.
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The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
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Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are innocent people on death row. And if I put an innocent person to death, that's murder.
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A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.
