Henry Rollins Quotes
I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.
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I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
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Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.
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I think people desperately want to feel love.
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Although I still have a long way to go, I would like to become the pride of Asia. When another Asian artist enters the U.S. market, I would like him to think, 'There was an artist called Rain who succeeded in the U.S. market.' This is my dream.
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I am tired of having to prove myself constantly, even after being hired. Every single day, every single idea, I need to prove myself. I am tired of it!
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The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything!
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Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
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London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.
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My favorite genre is comedy.
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We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.
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The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.
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I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.
