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" Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally kill you is quite a different thing. "

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" If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. "

Henry Rollins

Line

Lawyers

Back

" While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. "

" I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office. "

" When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened. "

" Sarah Palin embarrasses herself almost immediately upon opening her mouth to speak or upon moving her fingers to send messages to her dull flock. "

" Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States. "

Henry Rollins

History

Nothing

" Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions. "

" I'm a big Germs fan; most people are. "

" Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do. "

" When I'm off the road, and I can really control my diet down to the calorie, I juice seven days a week. Every afternoon, whatever I have at hand, beets, carrots, ginger, whatever. I juice, literally, every single day. And on the road, I try to find fresh juice wherever I can. "

" We Californians can watch the Weather Channel for images of winter's brutality unleashed upon our fellow Americans and thank our lucky stars we don't have to contend with it. "

" Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. "

Henry Rollins

People

Down

" The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible. "

" I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do. "

" I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant. "

Henry Rollins

Television

Early

" 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. "

" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "

" I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection. "

" It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something. "

" It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid. "

Henry Rollins

Just

Men

" I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it. "

Henry Rollins

Been

Couple

" 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. "

" Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart. "

" No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move. "

" Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else. "

" Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians. "

" Seven-11 is the pulse-beat of America. I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a song about a 7-11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, but write it in such a way that American's youth can identify and slurp along with the Boss. Hail the Boss! Hail 7-11! "

" After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band. "

" There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed. "

" As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me. "