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There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.
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I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.
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Life is death in slow motion.
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In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea.
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You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.
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My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one.
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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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Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here.
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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 don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.
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Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.
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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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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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'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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Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.
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All my big heroes are literary, writers.
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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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Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
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Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.
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Humans are pretty amazing at living pretty much anywhere and so that makes me optimistic that perhaps humanity will be able to survive itself, because the reality is that we are going to have problems with water in this century.
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The ones who don't do anything are always the ones who try to pull you down.
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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
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Not that the writers weren't good. I believe in those books and those writers very much. It's just that in the climate it's really hard to keep the lights on and the doors open when you're selling poetry and literature that appeals to a fringe audience.
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I think we are in fact, losing free speech. We don't seem to care though. Many of us don't seem to notice. We will have to do a lot of work to bring back the American way to America.
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