HRHenry Rollins

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Henry Rollins

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August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery.

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War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.

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

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With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

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I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.

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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.

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Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars.

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08Undated

'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release in 2011. That's a long time to wait for what was said to be Brian Wilson's masterpiece.

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Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

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10Undated

When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.

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To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.

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I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

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So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life.

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Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

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15Undated

Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor.

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