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" Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' "
Henry Rollins
Film
Gay
Rugby
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" 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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" I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza. "
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" What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know? "
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" This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move. "
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" I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside. "
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" Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars. "
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" You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end. "
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" Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person. "
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" Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I often spent my lunch breaks there. "
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" I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. "
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Get
" I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy. "
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" If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost. "
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" 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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Up
People
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Harmony
" Without an education, you won't have a future. "
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Without
Education
You
" It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it. "
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" I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. 'Can you be a cop?' Sure. 'Can you be a Marine?' Absolutely. Well, at least in a movie. "
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" Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it. "
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" I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing. "
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