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The average is the borderline that keeps mere men in their place. Those who step over the line are heroes by the very act. Go.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.
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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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Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.
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As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year.
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All by yourself, unable to express the pain of your distress with your deeper inside. You alienate yourself and everybody else.
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