Culture Quote by Henry Rollins

“Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.”

Henry Rollins

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I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention.

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I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over…

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In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

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We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted…

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Sleep is for squares.

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There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will…

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I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent…

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I feel pain everyday of my life. When you see me perform, it's that pain you're seeing coming out. I put all my emotions,…

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I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

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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…

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Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.

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Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

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The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country - a border culture.

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