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I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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As performers grow older, I reckon there are two ways they can go. They can either be up there, playing more deeply from their guts than ever, or they can be phoning it in so crassly that it leaves a lump in your throat as you leave the venue at the end of the show.
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The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.
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To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.
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I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.
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Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job.
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Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
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Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the time and I always feel like I'm in the mail room of life working up.
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Every politician, every president gets votes by getting people that don't like him to like him. That's why politicians are slippery: because they talk out of both sides of their mouth.
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My fear is naked, I'm naked and fearless, And my fear is naked...
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Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.
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Americans should demand real news, more transparency and more truth.
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Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
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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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Adolescence is a plague on the senses.
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The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.
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Music files and downloading have indeed changed the currency of music to a great degree.
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August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.
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We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
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I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time - or at least in their parents' basement - but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever.
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August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery.
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