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" I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else. "
Henry Rollins
Want
Things
Better
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" 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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" Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. "
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" 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. "
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" When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes what was fine left on its own. "
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" Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's. "
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" To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all. "
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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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" I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it. "
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" Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! "
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" 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. "
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" I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper. "
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" I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird. "
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" Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' "
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Film
Gay
Rugby
" 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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" And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. "
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Letters
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Me
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