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A rose trapped inside a fist. (Henry Rollins)
The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself. View quote
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Respect is not a one way street. View quote
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I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else. View quote
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I'm packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts. View quote
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You can still function as a living ruin. View quote
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Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead. View quote
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I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better. View quote
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Keep walking. Hot night right now, right here. All you have is what you are. All you want is much too much. All you get is so much less. All you feel is nothing. All you see is darkness. All you know is senseless and all you can do about it is ride. View quote
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My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection. View quote
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I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream. (Henry Rollins)
When she comes She pulls you close She breathes in short bursts Her eyes close Her head tilts back Her mouth opens slightly Her thighs turn to steel, and then melt She is perfect And you feel like you are everything. View quote
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I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used. View quote
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If there was a god, he wouldn't let a guy walk right up and shoot you in the face now would he? That's right, now you get the picture. Truth burns doesn't it? View quote
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I'm so burned out, the only person I can stand is myself. I'm the only one I would put through this. Wheels and wings, The ride is everything. I'm all I've got. I'm all I can take. Another day has destroyed a part of me. So far so good. View quote
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I am well protected Too locked up Inside myself To get free. View quote
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Always knowing you're going to die And until then knowing you've got to live. View quote
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He looked at her Something Turned cancerous He was in love. View quote
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My pen knows what to do. I close my eyes and I see this girl who glows. A girl who radiates. When she smiles, she beams. She warms my heart. I open my eyes with a feeling of floating past all the garbage around me. I will emerge unscathed because I will not endeavor to hide myself from whatever is coming. Bring on the worst. I welcome it with open arms. View quote
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If I was gay, there would be no closet, you would never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned it for kindling by the time I was 12. Because I know with all certainty in my mind, there is nothing wrong with being gay, and you know it. View quote
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You would think that pot had some kind of power; I mean come on, it's a plant, not a reason for living. Controlled by a plant, how hilarious. A plant! A fucking plant! (Henry Rollins)
In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. View quote
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So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you. View quote
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