Henry Rollins Quotes
Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
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It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.
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If your agent or publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because they're picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.
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To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.
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We still have so much people don't understand.
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Once you are completely comfortable with charging, then - and only then - will you allow yourself to do things for free. That way if you perform a kindness for another, you will know that you are doing it because you want to, not because you have been manipulated into it or are maneuvering in the hopes of winning their affection.
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Anyone who’s made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.
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Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'
