Henry Rollins Quotes
Some people tell me that they like what I do, which is great, of course. The perfect irony and truth is that I need them much more than they need me.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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I know what poverty is.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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My parents were not professionals. They were products of the Depression.
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I remember feeling all right with myself until age 13. Then, I was getting off the bus one day and this guy called me Miss Piggy. That was the first time I ever really felt like I wasn't okay.
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People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.
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I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the ones in trouble.
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The gross and net result of it is that people who spend most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles.
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Some people tell me that they like what I do, which is great, of course. The perfect irony and truth is that I need them much more than they need me.
