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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. "
Henry Rollins
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People
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" 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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" I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside. "
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" 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. "
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" Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. "
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" But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work. "
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" Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business. "
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" In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea. "
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" I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. "
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" Every politician, every president gets votes by getting people that don't like him to like him. That's why politicians are slippery: because they talk out of both sides of their mouth. "
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" In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. "
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" 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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" Adolescence is a plague on the senses. "
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Adolescence
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" I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down. "
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Down
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" Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here. "
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Crazy
Place
" In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that. "
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Cool
Shopping
Truth
" Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' "
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Gay
Rugby
" Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. "
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Work
Democracy
Sometimes
" August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina. "
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" Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. "
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Collecting
Records
Hobby
" I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power. "
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Cool
Unique
I Am
" I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy. "
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Songs
Too
Cuss
" As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year. "
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Growing
Friends
Growing Up
" 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
" When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. "
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" I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious. "
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I Am
Neither
Nor
" My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one. "
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Thing
Unconditional
Sure Thing
" 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
" America is off-the-hook gay. I will not go all Ann Coulter on you and say, 'Our gays are better than their gays,' but as far as countries go, we are in-your-face gay. "
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America
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" One person's disaster is another person's talking point. "
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Disaster
Person
" I have healthy disagreements with political parties I'm not aligned with, but I don't think it should be to the point where we're cursing and trying to strangle each other. "
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Point
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