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I don't wish to be anything more or less than what I am. If this is how it is, then so be it.
Henry Rollins
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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet.
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I have no desire to write anything for screen. That's a great talent.
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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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There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much rather go back to Afghanistan - which fascinates me - quicker than I'd go back to spend a week walking around Nairobi, Kenya, which is a great and easy way to get yourself killed.
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If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.
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I don't really think about the audience much. I think of myself. Let me dig myself out of that one.
Henry Rollins
Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average.
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Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going on in acting. Even big people get rejected but the smaller people - they really get rejected. Trust me - I know.
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I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.
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We are occupants. No one has any lasting purchase on life or on the planet.
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The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.
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And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time.
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I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she
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You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.
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Adolescence is a plague on the senses.
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Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.
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Americans should demand real news, more transparency and more truth.
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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.
Henry Rollins
Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.
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It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.
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