Henry Rollins Quotes
I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'
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When I read the 'Ugly Betty' pilot, I thought, 'Oh, this part's funny.' I said to my husband, 'I'm going to get it!' But based on what? All my exquisite comedic work in a Nike commercial?
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That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.
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There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still have to keep in mind the responsibility each of us carries when the power of the press is at our fingertips and in our pockets.
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I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on.
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If one could only say just once: 'this is clear', all would be saved.
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I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on.
