Desperation Quote by Henry Rollins

“Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the time and I always feel like I'm in the mail room of life; working up.” quote by Henry Rollins — Download Open image

“Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the time and I always feel like I'm in the mail room of life; working up.”

Henry Rollins

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