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My whole access into culture was violent. Violence is something I understand. Don't like it, don't condone it, but I sure understand where it comes from.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she
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Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.
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