Henry Rollins Quotes
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As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.
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I have no desire to write anything for screen. That's a great talent.
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Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche.
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Politics is a thing that I follow because it determines what is going on in my country, but I vote and deal with politicians with a great degree of jaundiced eye.
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Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down.
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It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.
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I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.
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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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I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.
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From those who agonize that they may no longer be able to write off their private jet to someone who doesn't feel like making the three mile hike to the well to get water and carry it back, everyone struggles.
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Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited.
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In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.
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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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My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection.
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Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind.
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We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.
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I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.
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I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries like I do.
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Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.
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It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd.
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Perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch.
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An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
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I believe in North, South, East, West, The seasons, life and death, geography. That which is provable, absolute and most of all, functional. I believe in things that can kill me.
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Most Americans are very cool people.