Henry Rollins Quotes
Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
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I think that crime is a good vehicle for looking at society in general because the nature of the crime novel means that you draw on a wide group of social possibilities.
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.
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I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that are guaranteed to open a movie and we all know their names and whether they're right or wrong for the role.
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Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.
