Henry Rollins Quotes
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Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
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It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.
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I like how I write better than how I speak.
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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 have not the smarts or patience for political office.
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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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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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I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.
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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.
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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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I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
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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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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 go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
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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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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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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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Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
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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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I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
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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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Break from self rejection, try some introspection.
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It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.