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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Getting your letters or pictures digitized. I don't think it's that important. The more you spend on your materials, you're given the sense that those things are more important due to the total amount spent. You'd probably be better off giving that money to a soup kitchen.
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Without question, I wake every night five times.
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'Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.
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I draw whatever hits me.
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I'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking.
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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.
