Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.
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in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
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LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
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AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Anthony's place at the table since he was a toddler was next to mine, ... Now that seat is empty.
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HENRY ROLLINS Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious w...
HENRY ROLLINS Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would thi...
HENRY ROLLINS Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country wil...
HENRY ROLLINS I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to s...
HENRY ROLLINS The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true cri...
HENRY ROLLINS Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.
HENRY ROLLINS Since the last tour I have done a lot of extensive travel to Iraq, Kuwait, Siberia, South Korea and ...
HENRY ROLLINS I walk the straight lines. I walk through the summer nights. I walk the silver rope of dreams. I wal...
HENRY ROLLINS I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Go...
HENRY ROLLINS I was burned out on people, their talk and their bullshit.
HENRY ROLLINS You would think that pot had some kind of power; I mean come on, it's a plant, not a reason for livi...
HENRY ROLLINS I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who ...
HENRY ROLLINS Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Beca...
HENRY ROLLINS Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
HENRY ROLLINS Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
HENRY ROLLINS One day, I stopped hating.
I ceased all meaningless activity.
I completed the circle. I HENRY ROLLINS Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold onto something or someone the more it wants to get awa...
HENRY ROLLINS I am too far gone to be rehabilitated.
HENRY ROLLINS Maybe some things are better left broken and scattered
Veiled in darkness, secret bitterness an...
HENRY ROLLINS I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to.
HENRY ROLLINS You can find me in the frozen mood section.
HENRY ROLLINS If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper an...
HENRY ROLLINS Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are...
HENRY ROLLINS My main goal is to stay alive. To keep fooling myself into hanging around. To keep getting up every ...
HENRY ROLLINS The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdress...
HENRY ROLLINS Barack Obama's administration responded to the Haitian crisis within 24 hours. Here comes the so...
HENRY ROLLINS Nothing Brings People together more, then mutual hatred
HENRY ROLLINS I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.
HENRY ROLLINS They say true love only comes around once and you have to hold out and be strong until then. I have ...
HENRY ROLLINS If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mo...
HENRY ROLLINS We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is huma...
HENRY ROLLINS Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very act...
HENRY ROLLINS I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page...
HENRY ROLLINS It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't emp...
HENRY ROLLINS If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper an...
HENRY ROLLINS There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.
HENRY ROLLINS 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure...
HENRY ROLLINS Life is full of choices, if you have the guts to go for it. That's why I get immediately bored with ...
HENRY ROLLINS To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.
HENRY ROLLINS