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Now you see how you are, the wisdom mixed in with all the scars.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
Actor
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For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed.
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Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart.
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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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For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.
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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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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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It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting Rights Act was a head scratcher, but at least he was calm when he attempted to justify his odd logic.
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I am a white guy in America with an education, albeit high school, but a pretty good one. Another guy from a different demographic or different ethnicity in America can look at me and say, You take a lot for granted. Well... okay. I just live in a white male American reality, where I hear you but I don't know if I necessarily read you.
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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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I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside.
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When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.
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Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.
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The only safety is in the middle of total misunderstanding and deception.
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Always knowing you're going to die And until then knowing you've got to live.
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I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.
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I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do.
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All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are.
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A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process.
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I'm most comfortable on stage.
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My acting range is incredibly limited and narrow, but I'm a good heavy. I'm a good authoritarian figure I don't know why. Can you be a cop? Sure. Can you be a Marine? Absolutely. Well, at least in a movie.
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