Henry Rollins Quotes

904 quotes · Musician, Writer, Actor

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Henry Rollins Quotes

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

Melancholic

“I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well.”

Thinking Pain Sadness

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

Courageous

“The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.”

Teenager Scary Punishment

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Lonely

“I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.”

Want Littles

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Lonely

“I feel like a visitor that got left behind by his ride.”

Feels Left Behind

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Confident

“You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.”

Persons

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Hopeful

“You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end.”

Might Ends

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Funny

“Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming.”

Knows Do You Know

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Angry

“I don't try to be angry to prove something. I wouldn't try to intimidate you for any reason unless you were trying to intimidate me, and then I would show you that you can't do that to me.”

Trying Reason Intimidating

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Spiritual

“Keep me preoccupied Keep me busy, busy, busy So I won't have to think I don't want to think Because it only brings me pain I just keep running away from My problems Keep me busy Give me a million things to do So I can keep running away from myself.”

Thinking Running Pain

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Angry

“The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth.”

Lying Stronger

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Courageous

“The more you own, the more it owns you.”

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Nostalgic

“People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation.”

People Men Fiction

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