Henry Rollins Quotes

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

Henry Rollins

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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- People
- You
- Talk
I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.

Kate O'Mara
- Success
- Always
- Fantastic
Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.

Saint Ignatius
- God
- Help
- Soul
I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.

Talib Kweli Black Star
- Gift
- Conscious
- Curse
The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.

Tariq Ramadan
- Free
- Question
- Ideas
I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.

Dakota Goyo
- Life
- School
- Kid