Henry Rollins Quotes
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York.
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Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.
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There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
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It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.
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Sports saved my life.
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Iraq has, in effect, one export of any consequence. That's oil.
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The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too.
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For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.
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A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable
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I feel like elements of race and identity and ethnicity are sort of missing in all of literature, not just in women's literature.
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Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.
