Henry Rollins Quotes
Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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The devil made me do it.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
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The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
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My favorite sequels are basically all Mike Myers films - 'Wayne's World 2,' 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,' 'Shrek 2.' Anything he does, it's best the second time around. He needs to do 'So I Married an Axe Murderer 2.'
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Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was a little girl. The fact is, though, that Junie B. and I have very little in common.
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Even today, people tell me that the slapstick humour in 'Friends' is the most viewed comedy track on television. Siddique knows the art of mixing slapstick with genuine humour.
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I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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Soccer was the first sport that my parents put me in, and ultimately, all the parents kind of came over to my mom and were, 'We think Channing would be better at football.... We love him, he's really great, but he's kind of hurting our children.' I was just a little wild.
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Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.
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I'm actually a pretty shy person in real life with new people.
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Two sides to a story exist when evidence exists on both sides of a position. Then, reasonable people may disagree about how to weigh that evidence and what conclusion to form from it. Everyone, of course, is entitled to their own opinion.
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Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.
