Henry Rollins Quotes
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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The devil made me do it.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product.
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I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do.
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.
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The promoters of big data would like us to believe that behind the lines of code and vast databases lie objective and universal insights into patterns of human behavior, be it consumer spending, criminal or terrorist acts, healthy habits, or employee productivity. But many big-data evangelists avoid taking a hard look at the weaknesses.
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The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.
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I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.
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Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.
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Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.
