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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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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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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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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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really didn't know if it had potential or not, if it was good or bad or what. I played it for my roommates - who I played ball with - one night, and I knew they would tell me the truth. They loved it, and that encouraged me.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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What an electric thrill it sends up and down the spine, how it sets the heart racing: A Royal Romance! A Royal Wedding! The pomp and the pageantry!
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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Someday, I'd like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels more independent. That way we can be a little more free in terms of storytelling and subject.
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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.
