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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Instead of improvisers who want to be funny by themselves, we aim to try and make the scene itself as funny as possible. As a creator, I think that's someone you'd rather work with, whether it's a movie or a sitcom; that kind of methodology is good for collaboration. People want to be with those kinds of performers.
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I can get my voicemail transcribed and sent to me as e-mail. I want to be able to have my address book and all my life come up on my TV and video chat. The whole telecommunications experience through a wire is still very relevant.
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There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.
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I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.
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Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.
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Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.
