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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. "
Henry Rollins
Great
Morning
Traffic
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" If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene. "
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" I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.' "
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" I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation. "
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" Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. "
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" A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere. "
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" Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me. "
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" I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. "
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" Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it. "
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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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" I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip. "
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Black And White
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" Some music really does suck! "
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" I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break. "
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" Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart. "
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" 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. "
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Opportunity
" If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest. "
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" I've been in Iraq, and it never occurred to me to go, 'Hey, this war is bogus,' to some guy who's 24 hours a day trying not to get shot at or blown up. "
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Go
Day
" We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot. "
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" When the movie comes out, what anybody thinks of it doesn't really matter to me. I don't go to the wrap party. I don't go to the premiere. "
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Me
" Songs sung under duress are often very powerful. "
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Duress
Very
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" I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians. "
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Way
You
Musicians
" 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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Apathy
" In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move. "
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" If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.' "
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" I'm a professional food eater. "
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" You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like. "
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" Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. "
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" When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it. "
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" People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters. "
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" It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone. "
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" I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me. "
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