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I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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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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The lowest stress environment is the radio show. I am not on camera and I can let the music do the talking. The rest is more highly pressurized or in the case of writing, time intensive task. I say yes to all of it and like all of it but the radio show, by nature of what it is, is the least hassle.
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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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The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.
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Love beyond the damage.
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I don't have talent. I have tenacity.
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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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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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Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
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I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
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I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life.
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If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb I would be trying too hard.
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Half of life is up - the other half is dealing with it.
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I am primarily a loner. I don't go to clubs. I don't hang out with people. I don't know many people. It's just the way it ended up. It's not a sob story it's fine for me.
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I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.
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The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.
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When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and you just kind of got your way through it. Now it's like a six lane highway with Starbucks every twenty meters. That's just civilization.
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A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.
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What I'm saying is America has a job deficit because hundreds of thousands of jobs went elsewhere. Not because [Barack] Obama raised your taxes. He, in fact, lowered them. They are lower.
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The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life.
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