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" In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon. "
Henry Rollins
College
Future
World
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" Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations. "
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" If I'm jetlagging, and I've missed some meals, and it gets to that point in a movie that you're supposed to cry, I'll let my defences down from around my inherent standing level of cynicism, and I'll cry. "
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" Adolescence is a plague on the senses. "
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" I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon. "
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" I never thought about getting any tattoos removed. "
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About
Never
" I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts. "
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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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" Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men from all that '80s indie madness, still writing songs that you want to listen to over and over. "
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" One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise. "
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Just
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" Guns are part of the American identity. "
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Part
Guns
" I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it. "
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Couple
" I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things. "
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Angry
Now
" You want to meet a bunch of really friendly people? Go to a Slayer concert. There'll be some real psychos there, but most of those people will take care of each other. "
Henry Rollins
Take Care
Care
You
" Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. "
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Lots
Music
Speaking
" America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave. "
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Do The Right Thing
Right
America
" It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements. "
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Only
Brutality
Deliver
" I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are. "
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Lot
Generic
Child
" If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. "
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Line
Lawyers
Back
" I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation. "
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Always
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" My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. "
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Optimism
Positive
" Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance. "
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Division
Seek
Stand
" Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front. "
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Life
Past
Think
" Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness. "
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Engine
Collective
America
" I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. "
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" To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it's the 'way out there' that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan. "
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Road
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" America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians. "
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America
He
" I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. "
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Leave
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" I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity. "
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Woman
Me
Creativity
" I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical. "
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Me