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" As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year. "
Henry Rollins
Growing
Friends
Growing Up
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" In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. "
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" The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk. "
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" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "
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" In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that. "
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" It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids. "
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" Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet. "
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" If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. "
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" Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. "
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Look
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" I think it's important to have some documentation of the past. "
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" My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven. "
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" The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event. "
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" Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things. "
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" For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. "
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" I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip. "
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" To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need. "
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" Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me. "
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" In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground. "
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Late
Broken
Group
" For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed. "
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Memories
Just
" To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it's the 'way out there' that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan. "
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Road
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" I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on. "
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Media
New
" It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face. "
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" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "
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Way
" Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness. "
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" I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes. "
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" There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. "
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Place
" One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise. "
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" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "
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