Henry Rollins Quotes
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I prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me.
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I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.
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You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.
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Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.
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While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
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When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.
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A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn't had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn't even exist.
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I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
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I am basically working 7 days a week. When I am not eating, sleeping, or working out, I am working on one of projects which I am just damned determined to finish.
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Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.
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I am well protected Too locked up Inside myself To get free
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Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.
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I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.
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I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.
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The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life.
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There's no retirement, there's just a few years of non-work by the fire with someone bringing you some tea and relative peace and playing with the grandchildren.
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For myself, I can't understand a life without a job. I don't know what I would do without employment. Retirement is out of the question for me.
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When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'
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To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.
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If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.
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I don't know how much you follow current events. For some, there's not enough time to keep up on what's happening; for others, the news is too depressing, and peering too deeply fills one with boiling frustration all too quickly.
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I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.
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I feel pain everyday of my life. When you see me perform, it's that pain you're seeing coming out. I put all my emotions, all my feelings, and my body on the line. People hurt me, I hurt myself - mentally, physically
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Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.