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Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it.
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We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
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There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.
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I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.
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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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Quite often people will get an animal which is probably not a good idea for them to have. They get it out of enthusiasm, there is a genuine interest, but sometimes they're not exactly prepared for what they're getting themselves into.
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Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.
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Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.
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I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics
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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 want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go.
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Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.
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I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with.
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I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N.
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What I've found is that a lot of soldiers are surprisingly apolitical. Their reality is, Today I'm going to leave the gate for twelve hours, and I'm going to make it back to the dining facility by sundown with the arms and legs of me and my buddies intact.
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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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When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.
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George Zimmerman is a foot soldier in a rapidly privatizing country. He is a new centurion of 21st-century America. Law enforcement is tied down by the strictures of, well, the law. There is only 'so much they can do' to take care of the 'problem.'
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To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too. Reading gets you part way there, and I do read pretty voraciously for a guy who's trying to write so much.
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For myself, I can't understand a life without a job. I don't know what I would do without employment. Retirement is out of the question for me.
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