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" I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon. "
Henry Rollins
Think
Government
Amendment
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" There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's. "
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" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "
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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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" More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood. "
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" The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless. "
Henry Rollins
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Law
" 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. "
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" The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders gets in front of a microphone. Misogynist is as misogynist does. The GOP and its bloviating pundits don't like women and they are unable to hide it, nor do they seem to make much attempt to do so. "
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" More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The Bags. The two-song 7-inch, released on Dangerhouse, had a girl on the cover who looked right at you with huge eyes. The songs, 'Survive' and 'Babylonian Gorgon,' were great and made many of my mix tapes. "
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Girl
Band
Copy
" I plan to be a part of Haiti's reconstruction and future. "
Henry Rollins
Reconstruction
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" I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really boring afternoon. I sincerely like Jay, but I wouldn't want his job, because I'd have to interview Kathy Ireland, and there's nothing there I'd want to know. "
Henry Rollins
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Nothing
Job
" Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! "
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Australia
Will
" It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America. "
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America
Age
Pain
" 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
" The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. "
Henry Rollins
Yourself
You
Money
" I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.' "
Henry Rollins
Play
Reading
White
" Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited. "
Henry Rollins
People
Back
Band
" I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza. "
Henry Rollins
Path
Good
Independent
" Every single record I have is a fossil. "
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Single
Record
Every
" I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy. "
Henry Rollins
Good
Audience
You
" I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. "
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Great
Washington
Musicians
" I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. "
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Politics
Things
Think
" As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out. "
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Music
Experience
Feel
" August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery. "
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Thought
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Young
" Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up. "
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Day
Try
Ready
" If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. "
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You
Pay
Products
" Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this. "
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Yourself
Marriage
Life
" No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move. "
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Matter
How
Rough
" 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. "
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Walk
Crime
Death
" Rush Limbaugh makes money getting simpleminded people to feel good about their intellectually undernourished brain spasms. He's very good at it, and I scarcely believe a fraction of what he says. "
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