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" The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways. "
Henry Rollins
Number
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Whose
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" We city dwellers, we residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, are for the most part urbanized to some extent. We know deadlines, start times and traffic. "
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" 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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" If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism. "
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" 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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" As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did. "
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" If you want to believe that humans walked with dinosaurs and the planet is a few thousand years old, that is absolutely fine with me. If you want to teach this to your kids, I don't care. If states want to teach creationism in their schools, there is nothing I can do about it, so I don't sweat it. "
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You
Nothing
" 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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Money
Good
" Sleep is for squares. "
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Sleep
" This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky. "
Henry Rollins
Lucky
Feel
Kind
" If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done. "
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Done
Me
Thought
" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "
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Way
" The world's a better place since I chose music. "
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Music
Place
" Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year? "
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Artist
Year
Years
" Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. "
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Time
Say
Attention
" I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best. "
Henry Rollins
Thought
Change
Best
" Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. "
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Artist
Giving
Yourself
" The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly. "
Henry Rollins
Romantic
Memories
Music
" Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop. "
Henry Rollins
Parents
Kids
Stop
" I take the work seriously, just not myself in it. "
Henry Rollins
Seriously
Work
Myself
" I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good. "
Henry Rollins
Good
Tell
Show
" If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light, If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. "
Henry Rollins
Sun
World
Walls
" Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine. "
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City
Experience
New
" In the summer of 1991, I was on the first Lollapalooza tour. Nightly, I would watch Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell go out in front of a sea of people and within minutes have all of them in the palm of his hand. I have never seen anything like it since. "
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People
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Watch
" The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. "
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Time
Band
Short
" 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
" I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day. "
Henry Rollins
Every Day
Disappointed
Day
" Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i. "
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Me
" I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place. "
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Place
Still
About
" 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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Things
Angry
Now
" I'm a big Germs fan; most people are. "
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Fan
People
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