Henry Rollins Quotes
Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.
Quotes to Explore
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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The Dumnonii, whose city or fortress was at Exeter, were an important people. They occupied the whole of the peninsula from the River Parret to Land's End. East of the Tamar was Dyfnaint, the Deep Vales; west of it Corneu, the horn of Britain.
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Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie star, at least not when I'm out in 'real life' like this. Not that I don't use what fame I have, every chance I get, to help sell more books.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
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Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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When the prophets conceived Jehovah as the special vindicator of these voiceless classes it was another way of saying that it is the chief duty in religious morality to stand for the rights of the helpless.
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Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.
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The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity.
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I think of myself as a tomgirl. A boy who's girly in every presentational aspect. And I play guitar and write good songs.
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When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.
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I will not let somebody who traffics in bigotry and bullying become president of the United States.
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Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.
