Henry Rollins Quotes
I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
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Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
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My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.
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I do what I do to inspire people. They can't be inspired by an ego, a big-headed person. It doesn't work. It doesn't match. And I really want to be that role model for people, for children. I want to be real. To my fans, I want them to view me as a real person. Don't put me on a pedestal. I'm human. I make mistakes, I cry, I hurt - just like you.
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I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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The bad boys get all the best lines.
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Love can defeat that nameless terror. Loving one another, we take the sting from death. Loving our mysterious blue planet, we resolve riddles and dissolve all enigmas in contingent bliss.
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Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
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My own belief is all men should be feminists, and with enthusiasm.
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The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the state militia when called into the service of the United States. He holds this power in time of peace as well as in time of war.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences.
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I try not to think about the idea of reaching more and more people, because once you get in that mindset, I think you lose the point of why you're doing it in the first place. Still, the best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now it's there, and it makes me feel a certain way.
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I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.
