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Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
Actor
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Human Rights Activist
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What I'm saying is America has a job deficit because hundreds of thousands of jobs went elsewhere. Not because [Barack] Obama raised your taxes. He, in fact, lowered them. They are lower.
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With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.
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For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
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Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
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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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Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.
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I'm most comfortable on stage.
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I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
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What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.
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When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.
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I really enjoy the lattitude I have with being a private citizen. I can get a lot done. I am good with that.
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To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it's the 'way out there' that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan.
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We are occupants. No one has any lasting purchase on life or on the planet.
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This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.
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You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.
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August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.
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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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Now you see how you are, the wisdom mixed in with all the scars.
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Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.
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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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