Henry Rollins Quotes
I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
Garry Kasparov
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We never did these kinds of loans that really started this mess, the subprime loans. We just never got into that business. We were enticed a lot of times to do so by a lot of Wall Street-type players, but I, frankly, never understood some of this stuff.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.
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I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
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I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.
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Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
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A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.
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I am haunted by what my life would have been had I not had the courage in my early twenties to leave Pittsburgh for New York City and really commit to being a writer. Pittsburgh is both post-industrial and provincial, and the opportunities there are limited. It would have been quite easy to simply drift through life.
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I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it.
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Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.
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Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.
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All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.
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I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.
