Henry Rollins Quotes
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.
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I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.
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I love helping out good people who are doing good things.
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As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.
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I'm a big Germs fan; most people are.
