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Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job.
Henry Rollins
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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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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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Help me to withstand your beauty as it stands out of reach. Give me the capacity to forget ever having felt your touch.
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After... The seas have dried out The trains have come to a shrieking holt The hounds of the abyss cease to howl The prisons have closed their doors The pigs have no one to arrest except themselves The drugs no longer have an effect When it's all over All I'll remember is you
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