Henry Rollins Quotes
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I think the most "passionate" I get about actual humans are the ones I want to kill.
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I think I am the most impressed with writing styles that defy category, like Kharms or Selby, Breton or Jarry, where you become as interested in the writer as much as the writing itself. It's all these things that make reading so appealing to me.
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Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.
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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
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Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
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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 have not the smarts or patience for political office.
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I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.
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Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India or pick an African country to go to for 2-3 weeks and really see how life can be. That might be a real good thing because I think they would see things even if the trip was a nightmare. I think they might understand more of the mechanics of the world.
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The streets lie, the sidewalks lie, everything lies You can try and read it but you're gonna get it wrong...all wrong The summer evenings burn and melt and the nights glitter but you're gonna get it wrong And it's gonna sink its teeth into your flesh and pull you to the bottom.
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You have to realize there are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to widen the scope of your lens and start seeing more.
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Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.
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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.
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If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it.
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I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
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I have no pride about anything I have done. It's just not the way I think about things. I do the work, always, as hard as I can, to the point of pain, injury, exhaustion, if that is what it takes. Once I am done, I move on.
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No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose.
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'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.
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In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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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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It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.
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I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.
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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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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.