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" 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse. "
Henry Rollins
Long
Duck
Democracy
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" If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will do to the Afghan people. If that was America's concern, America's operational presence there would be much different. "
Henry Rollins
You
Say
People
" We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are hard on ourselves. "
Henry Rollins
Everything
Our
Heroes
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Better
Time
Opportunity
" Sarah Palin embarrasses herself almost immediately upon opening her mouth to speak or upon moving her fingers to send messages to her dull flock. "
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Opening
Moving
Her
" If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. "
Henry Rollins
You
Pay
Products
" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "
Henry Rollins
Good
Over
Life
" You can't get your head around something if you're yelling. "
Henry Rollins
Something
Get
Your
" I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. "
Henry Rollins
Great
Washington
Musicians
" There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. "
Henry Rollins
World
Beautiful
Place
" I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person. "
Henry Rollins
Justice
Always
Think
" I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza. "
Henry Rollins
Path
Good
Independent
" I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind. "
Henry Rollins
I Am Happy
Meal
Leave
" I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It's cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There's nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up. "
Henry Rollins
Hate
You
Think
" I don't know how much you follow current events. For some, there's not enough time to keep up on what's happening; for others, the news is too depressing, and peering too deeply fills one with boiling frustration all too quickly. "
Henry Rollins
Time
Frustration
Enough
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Revolution
Place
Start
" I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran. "
Henry Rollins
Interview
Like
People
" To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events. "
Henry Rollins
Events
Union
Me
" Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. "
Henry Rollins
Romantic
Me
Love
" Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. "
Henry Rollins
Collecting
Records
Hobby
" When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it. "
Henry Rollins
Country
Stand
People
" I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation. "
Henry Rollins
Pride
Too Much
Good
" I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males and females. We see them as different and not equal. "
Henry Rollins
See
Think
Equal
" Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else. "
Henry Rollins
Better Place
Stage
Better
" 'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit. "
Henry Rollins
Seems
Come
Time
" Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet. "
Henry Rollins
Stop
Snow
Los Angeles
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Walk
Crime
Death
" We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it. "
Henry Rollins
Down
People
Science
" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "
Henry Rollins
Black
Together
Think
" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "
Henry Rollins
You
Easy
Time
" With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad. "
Henry Rollins
Any
Technology
Innovation