Henry Rollins Quotes
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We're just very belligerent, and I'm not trying to put Americans down, by and large I think we're nice people, but we operate with the information we're given and we are limited by the ignorance that is kind of injected into the media and into the TV shows.
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The Internet, the camera cellphone and the like have not only sped up the world's information uptake, but they have cheapened that which they capture.
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I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.
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As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.
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Break from self rejection, try some introspection.
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When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense.
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It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.
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We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.
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I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I have never had an idea that could withstand a hundred thousand words, or even ten thousand words of rubber meeting the road.
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My feelings for you shame me into silence.
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There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.
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Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
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Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.
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When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you.
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Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
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Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
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People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.
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I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.
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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.
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There’s got to be someone for me. It’s not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.
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I'm always looking upwards and looking forwards and so when someone says, "Hey, would you consider a TV show?" I say, "Hell yeah, I'll consider that. I'll check that out."
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No one should die when they're 50.
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It's hard to get along with people. As much as you try to like them and accept them as individuals, it becomes difficult because they keep getting out of line and wasting your time.
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I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.