Henry Rollins Quotes
Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business.

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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
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It takes madness to find out madness.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.
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Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
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I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.
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I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.
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After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.
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The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step.
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Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.
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I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be.
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I am always relaxed.
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I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.
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But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.
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One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.
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Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock.
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All physical and economic tests that may be devised are worthless if the immigrant, through racial or other inherently antipathetic conditions, cannot be more or less readily assimilated.
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I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. So one of the scams I have going now is I want to learn sports photography so I can get better seats at a sporting event.
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Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business.