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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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" In my many trips to South Africa, I have met and spoken to a lot of people there, and they all seem to find apartheid as repellent as you would. "

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People

Africa

You

" I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll. "

" You don't have to twist my arm to work. "

" Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well. "

" There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. "

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Village

People

" We humans are hard to deal with. We are a loud, complex and demanding bunch. Often, we are best dealt with from a safe distance and for only brief periods of time. This could be why a lot of marriages fail. "

" I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it. "

" I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. "

" I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. "

" Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop. "

" Harmony is boring. "

Henry Rollins

Boring

Harmony

" I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions. "

" I think more airtime should be given to Donald Trump and Orly Taitz. They should run for office together. They should open for Charlie Sheen. "

" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "

" Canadians are often a friendly bunch. "

" I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. "

" It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it. "

" What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know? "

" Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. "

" Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. "

" I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me. "

Henry Rollins

Never

Right

" I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection. "

" I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade. "

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World

Think

" No one should die when they're 50. "

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Die

Should

" 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. "

" And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. "

Henry Rollins

Letters

Back

" There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed. "

" I have not the smarts or patience for political office. "

" I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip. "