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" When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done. "
Henry Rollins
I Am
Seen
Realize
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" To burn a CDR of music you like to give as a gift to someone you wish to become closer to is a cold, moist-palmed, mouth-breathing bummer. "
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" I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it. "
Henry Rollins
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Working
Very
" Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with. "
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" Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us? "
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Care
" When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive. "
Henry Rollins
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" Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it. "
Henry Rollins
Enjoy
Death
Black
" As performers grow older, I reckon there are two ways they can go. They can either be up there, playing more deeply from their guts than ever, or they can be phoning it in so crassly that it leaves a lump in your throat as you leave the venue at the end of the show. "
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Leave
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Life
Past
Think
" I am on until I am dead, like a light bulb. "
Henry Rollins
Light Bulb
Am
Dead
" I would like to become a better photographer. I'm working on that. "
Henry Rollins
Working
Photographer
Better
" I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. "
Henry Rollins
Cool
Wonder
Ocean
" I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on. "
Henry Rollins
City
Media
New
" We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it. "
Henry Rollins
Down
People
Science
" In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. "
Henry Rollins
Borrowing
Song
Blues
" Juan Williams is a very sharp guy. "
Henry Rollins
Guy
Williams
Very
" There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor. "
Henry Rollins
Actor
Musician
Rule
" I don't believe it mattered to Timothy McVeigh who was president or who his congressional representative was when he blew up the Murrah Building in 1995. "
Henry Rollins
Believe
Who
Up
" I'm a big Germs fan; most people are. "
Henry Rollins
Fan
People
Most
" If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.' "
Henry Rollins
Tehran
Afraid
Like
" The public library system of the United States is worth preserving. "
Henry Rollins
Library
Worth
System
" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "
Henry Rollins
Good
Over
Life
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
You
People
American
" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "
Henry Rollins
Shot
Alone
Room
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Wonder
Why
Off
" I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious. "
Henry Rollins
I Am
Neither
Nor
" When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community. "
Henry Rollins
Environment
Community
Moral
" One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism. "
Henry Rollins
You
Criticism
Nice
" If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it. "
Henry Rollins
Living
Look
Constitution
" I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran. "
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Interview
Like
People
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Paper
War
Christmas