Henry Rollins Quotes
I think to write fiction, this is just how I see it, you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can't. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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Whenever you hear somebody else is auditioning for something, you sort of assume they're going to get it. You should try to just ignore it.
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Maybe a vague president and an incompetent and somewhat corrupt administration is what the nation needs.
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The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
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There's something about me that wants to grow a big company. I don't deny that. I enjoy the game, and the only way to really enjoy it is to win. I like to win. It's more fun.
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I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.
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I think to write fiction, this is just how I see it, you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can't. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life.
