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" I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts. "
Henry Rollins
Never
Being
Boy
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" It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something. "
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" Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with. "
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Always
Man
Run
" I'd like to talk to Sean Hannity in a controlled environment and say, 'O.K., you can't interrupt and jump up and down like a professional wrestler.' "
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Professional
Jump
Environment
" I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless. "
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Try
Well
Informed
" I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. "
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Action
Joy
Thought
" Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started. "
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Started
Me
Food
" You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like. "
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You
Like
Must
" Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! "
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Bands
Australia
Will
" I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway. "
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Long
Choose
Past
" The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture. "
Henry Rollins
My Life
Classmates
Fear
" I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream. "
Henry Rollins
Tired
You
Sleep
" Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. "
Henry Rollins
Great
Effort
Time
" Live music is the cure for what ails ya. "
Henry Rollins
Live
Music
Ya
" When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from. "
Henry Rollins
Yourself
Empathy
Learn
" I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the two guys with motorcycle helmets on? "
Henry Rollins
Never
Two
Life
" As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves. "
Henry Rollins
Literature
Understand
Art
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Great
Lost
Loved
" I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go. "
Henry Rollins
Learn
Me
More
" The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event. "
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Than
Only
Worse
" Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i. "
Henry Rollins
Up
BMW
Me
" I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed. "
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End
Up
Someone
" When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done. "
Henry Rollins
I Am
Seen
Realize
" I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a fan of don't always release their work on vinyl, so I take what they feel like giving me. "
Henry Rollins
Giving
Feel
Me
" 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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Good
Why
Well
" Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me. "
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Year
Those
Spring
" With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad. "
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Any
Technology
Innovation
" I'm a professional food eater. "
Henry Rollins
Food
Eater
Professional
" If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.' "
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Rock
Myself
Speak
" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "
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Vast
Odd
Texas
" Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else. "
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Better Place
Stage
Better