Henry Rollins Quotes
My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
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When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
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All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
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I kick off every monthly team meeting with 'core value stories' - team members stand up and recognize how another team member exemplified a core value.
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I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.
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There are plenty of wonderful, good fat people in the USA that have no problems being fat, who I have no problems with being fat.
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Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy.
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My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.
