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 don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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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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To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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I have been blessed with a bunch of great kids, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law. It's been a great life. I know I am probably in the fourth quarter, but I am hoping for triple overtime.
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I love the fact that H&M has created a new phenomenon in fashion through the pioneering concept of collaborating with high-end designers to create one-off limited-edition capsule collections. I am thrilled that my creations for H&M will be accessible to - and hopefully enjoyed by - so many people around the world.
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For a long time I thought I could deal with my anger and hostility on my own. But I couldn't. I denied that it had affected me, and yet I was so frantic on the inside with other people: I needed to be constantly reassured.
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Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.
