Henry Rollins Quotes
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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The restaurant business had a profound effect on my future and that of my two brothers. When we were able to stand on a stool to reach the sink, we washed dishes, and later, when we could see over the counter, we waited tables and managed the cash register.
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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When something is troubling me, people know about it.
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Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.
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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
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A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.
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An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.
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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
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The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns.
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Fumes of wine shorten the long road.
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As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.
