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I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.
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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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The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.
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I do think that Americans are poorly served by their media, at times extremely poorly served by their elected officials who are non responsive to majority feelings and cut off to a certain degree from the affairs of the world.
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The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly.
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Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.
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I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.
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If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.
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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.
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I think it's very sad that the political landscape is so dotted with religious extremists who feel the need to infringe upon the lives of decent, free and harmless Americans who want nothing more than to be in love and to spend the rest of their lives together.
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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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I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.
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The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.
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If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'
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I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
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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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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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When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense.
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The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found.
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