American - Musician | February 13, 1961 -
If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost.
Henry Rollins
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A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.
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For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
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More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood.
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I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions.
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No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.
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When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement.
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I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.
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In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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Humans are pretty crafty but will fold quickly in severe cold.
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Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them.
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Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business.
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