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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone who didn't sit around.
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I think as resources become more dear, we really need to consider population.
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I have to keep moving I don't want to think I'm going to work all day today I don't want to stop Don't want to let my brain catch up my thoughts How will I be able to tell them that I'm a shadow A grey patch of cold rotting life
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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.
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I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind.
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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 feel like a visitor that got left behind by his ride.
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Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.
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I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.
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As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.
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What you do for yourself is one thing. What you do for others is something else entirely.
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Keep me preoccupied Keep me busy, busy, busy So I won't have to think I don't want to think Because it only brings me pain I just keep running away from My problems Keep me busy Give me a million things to do So I can keep running away from myself.
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I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird.
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There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.
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I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.
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I used to love you I still do So Selfish I love the old you The you that didnt shoot drugs ...The you that didnt get beat on by men You laugh in my face and call me a fool But its true I still love you Sometimes,I can see the old you When your eyes flash When you almost look alive
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I beg young people to travel.
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I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'
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There's always going to be a need for activism there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.
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