Henry Rollins Quotes
It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.
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The word 'novel' carries, for me, a weight as ominous, all-consuming and unforgiving as any Job encountered.
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I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless fraud and criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time.
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What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.
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It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.
