Black Flag Quotes
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I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.
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I think there is something very interesting about people who live day to day in an environment where they could get taken out by a wild animal. There has to be some kind respect that is derived from that relationship.
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My love runs deeper than the wounds.
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I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.
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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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What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media.
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I've never raped or killed anybody, or hurt a kid. I've done all the more inept, high-volume stuff - like, "Whoops, sorry I came in your hair. Don't worry, I won't use your name when I tell this story on stage."
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I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent on tours, some of that was extremely violent.
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I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.
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We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.
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Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
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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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I'm usually busy - if you call me at the house, I get about four phone calls there a year - I'm usually running around the house with a pen in my mouth holding onto something, folding it, or doing something to it, and it's always a bad time.
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Most Americans are very cool people.
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My desires are foolish. The things I want are better kept to myself. The hand of silence is steady. The hard blade of silence is clean like night. The code is absolute. Silence is eternal and patient. Silence never makes a fool of itself like I have so many times.
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I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.
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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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Don’t think about it. Do it. Don’t talk about it. Do it.
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You don't make me feel like you used to. That's why I'm leaving That's why people leave each other They come to their senses and get selfish again.
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Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
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I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.
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I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.
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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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You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.