Henry Rollins Quotes
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spend being with your character before you bring that character to life. To me, that's the most rewarding part of it all. It feels very good to show up on a set just knowing that's with you.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity. I still consider myself a punk-rock kid.
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We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.
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As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
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Television has become the government, priest, psychotherapist - the legitimiser of our egos.
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
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For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture of poverty' became associated uniquely with the social maladies of African Americans in urban ghettos, despite the fact that poor whites outnumbered poor blacks.
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With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
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I know my music is going well when I don't have insomnia.
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Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
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Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.
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As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
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After all, it's me that needs to change, not my circumstances.
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Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the saying, 'If you have your health, you have everything,' and it's true. Old age, disease - these are the great equalizers.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
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The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.
