Henry Rollins Quotes

My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice.

Henry Rollins

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MotherMusicGreatVoiceNowFirst

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

John Frankenheimer

LifeDinnerMy LifeSomeoneWant

Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.

Melvin Maddocks

SportsBaseballEnvironmentLights

Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed.

John Ortberg

LearningWomenCaringSickLanguage

I believe in something, even if it's just me.

John Mellencamp

MeBelieveI BelieveI Believe In

Music became less understandable in the wake of the new MTV era. You weren't supposed to be anything other than a pop star, to not go deeper than that. It was really strange. It was suffocating, image-wise. What you could talk about in a song changed; if you were misunderstood, you were really misunderstood - taken literally.

Ann Wilson

MusicSongYouGoNewStrange

I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless.

Stephen Baldwin

DeathMeaninglessBeenStuffWorldly

'Spring Day' - I wrote main lyrics based on my personal experience with old friends. It is about my sad memories with him, and it makes me sentimental whenever I listen to the song.

Suga

MemoriesSadExperienceDaySpring

In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.

Michelle Yeoh

FeelAlwaysYearsBecauseBeenFit

Within Istanbul, there's a ton of people who are totally hip - like, the hippest people you could ever meet.

Lou Barlow

PeopleYouMeetWithinIstanbulWho

If I could only have one grooming tool, it would be floss. I don't want to have broken Cheetos in my teeth. To protect myself from the sun, I can find shade under a tree. To moisturize my skin, I could get really sweaty and then just rub it on myself. But how are you going to clean between your teeth without floss?

Jonathan Van Ness

MyselfTreeBrokenSunYouSkin

The U.S. military cannot fight Iraq's war for them.

Bob Beckel

FightWarMilitaryCannotThemIraq

My number-one website is brainpickings.org. It opens you up to different authors and gives insights into the literary world. Reading about the love letters novelist Vladimir Nabokov wrote to his wife Vera blew my mind. Fascinating.

Brie Larson

LoveWifeMindWorldReadingYou

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