Henry Rollins Quotes
Never once have I thought that Social Security would be something that would ever be available to me.
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I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects.
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For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Even though I've danced with actors, it wasn't the same with NTR.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
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I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service.
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There arc no such things as desperate situations. Only desperate men.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.
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By God, I could make myself bring her that economically halved grapefruit, that sugarless breakfast.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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Never once have I thought that Social Security would be something that would ever be available to me.
