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Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 26

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I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.

I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.

Tvs

"Henry Rollins longs to be modern Mark Twain". Reuters, www.today.com. March 28, 2006.

When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one bad guy and got your guys out of Iraq - I don't understand why he seems to inflame people so much. You know, unless, unless there's a race problem.

Iraq, Numbers, Race

I plan to be a part of Haiti's reconstruction and future.

Haiti, Reconstruction, Plans

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.

Stars, Winter, Weather

The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk.

Father, Kids, Men

"What is Punk?" by Henry Rollins, bigthink.com. 2017.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

Rights, Law, Southern

I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day.

Band, Disappointed, Left

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

Real, Events, Unions

I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.

Believe, Joy, Inspire

August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer.

Summer, Spring, August

My laptop seems to know where I am, even if I don't. My cellphone asks me if I want directions to anywhere from the spot I am standing in. I buy a record online and Amazon.com sends me letters, telling me that people who bought what I bought also bought these other records.

People, Amazon, Records

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.

Hero, Would Be, Crowds

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

Couple, Motorcycle, Terrified

"One last thing ... Henry Rollins". Interview with Rich Pelley, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

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.

Being Yourself, Sex, Liberty

I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break.

Class, Ideas, People

Guns are part of the American identity.

Gun, Identity, American Identity

August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.

August, Endurance, Tests

When the movie comes out, what anybody thinks of it doesn't really matter to me. I don't go to the wrap party. I don't go to the premiere.

Movie, Party, Thinking

"EXCLUSIVE: Talking TV, Movies and Punk Rock with Henry Rollins". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. May 4, 2006.

The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.

Cute, Nice, Thinking

Maybe I'm ego-tripping, but I don't find myself a particularly horrible person, so I don't think I need to hold back anything I think or feel.

Thinking, Ego, Needs

Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. August 26, 1998.

My fear is naked, I'm naked and fearless, And my fear is naked...

Fearless, Naked

"Song: Bottom (Undertow)". April 6, 1993.

I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.

Book, Band, Stuff

"Henry Rollins: 'I get angry about stuff'". Interview with David E. Williams, www.cnn.com. April 6, 2006.

Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

Needs, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.

Morning, Air, August

Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

Beautiful, Moon, Jewels

Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.311, Villard

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