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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.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather sail the sea of consequence to new lands. Laps around the shallow end of the pool, not for me.
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The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.
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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.
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Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.
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I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.
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I've never killed anybody... but I've definitely thought about it.
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When I was a kid looking at pictures of the Sphynx, and the Pyramids, and different tribes in Africa, all of that stuck with me, and I always wanted to see those things and meet those people.
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Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.
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Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'
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Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.
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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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I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.
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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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After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have to have an understanding and insight of the human condition that is informed and motivated by a desire to immerse yourself in the human world and bring these stories to bear.
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It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring.
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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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I would like to become a better photographer. I'm working on that.
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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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