Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 3

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• You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.

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  Too Much, Way, Problem

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• I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.

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  People, Cases

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• Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.

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  Anger, People, Hatred

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• The best revenge is to always survive yourself.

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  Revenge, Best Revenge, Retribution

  Song: Alien Blueprint

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• Love heals scars love left

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  Best Love, Scar, Heal

  Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.160, Villard

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• its no surprise to me that anyone hardly tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep to themselves for good reason. Why would you want to tell anyone anything that's dear to you? Even when you like them and want nothing more than to be closer to them? It's so painful to be next to someone you feel so strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.

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  Smart, Want, Next

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• 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.

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  War, Tree, Wrapping Paper

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• I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do.

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  Broken, Lessons, Tough

  Henry Rollins (1996). “Do I Come Here Often”, 2.13.61 Publications

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• You have to realize there are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to widen the scope of your lens and start seeing more.

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  Destiny, Government, Culture Religion

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.

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  Funny, Country, Learning

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• It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

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  Mean, Trying, Ifs

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• Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.

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  Beautiful, Girl, Faces

  Henry Rollins (2000). “Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues”, 2 13 61

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• If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.

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  Hate, Men, Car

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession. [...] You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way.

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  Ideas, Hustle, Want

  "Henry Rollins' Letter to a Young American (Pt. 1)". bigthink.com.

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• My love runs deeper than the wounds.

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  Running, Deeper, Wounds

  Henry Rollins (1997). “The First Five: Collected Work, 1983-1987”, 2 13 61

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• You can find me in the frozen mood section.

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  Frozen, Mood, Find Me

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• The easy solution isn't the solution, it's the problem.

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  Problem, Easy, Solutions

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• The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

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  Feelings, Weak, Threatened

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• I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.

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  Writing, Views, Stuff

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• I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

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  Hate, Believe, Fate

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• When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.

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  Flew Up, Iron, Ceilings

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• Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

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  Doe, Lasts, Defeat

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• I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you're going to see your country differently, you're going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You're going to get a sense of what globalization looks like.

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  Summer, Country, Travel

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There’s got to be someone for me. It’s not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.

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  Giving, Too Much, Love Someone

  "Solipsist". Book by Henry Rollins, 1998.

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• I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am not a people person and I spend a great deal of time on my own and in this environment, I get a lot done.

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  People, Done, Want

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