Henry Rollins Quotes
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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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'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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I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.
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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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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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Anywhere you hang yourself is home.
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It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive.
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Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
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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 have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.
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I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.
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So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor.
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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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There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way.
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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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Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.
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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.
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I really like older writers, perhaps because they take me out of my element. I don't have a great deal of interest in reading a fictionalized present as it's pretty insane as it is.
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It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.
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There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations.
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No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.
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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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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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Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.