Henry Rollins Quotes

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?

Henry Rollins

Recitation: by Male by Female

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A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

Matthew Lesko

CommunicationYouWhiteKnowLying

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

Stephen Moyer

TelevisionWantFilmCommercials

When you actually see Barack Obama, it's startling how slight he is and how young he looks.

Simon Hoggart

YouLooksYoungSeeBarack ObamaHe

No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.

Roger Mudd

CharacterDecisionNameVotingJudge

Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.

Rodney Stark

ChurchYouEmptyWhereverGotState

We could have managed globalization in ways that ordinary citizens would have benefited rather than just the corporations. Trade is beneficial. There are gains to be had from taking advantage of comparative advantage and specialization. That's true, if you manage globalization right.

Joseph Stiglitz

GlobalizationYouTrueRightTrade

One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

DMX

LoveHatePeopleYouUnderstandGet

It's sad that we vote for and elect officials to run our state, run our country, over social issues. I don't believe they belong in politics.

Diane Hendricks

SadPoliticsBelieveCountryRun

I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.

Deborah Moggach

MyselfTryingMouthTroubleAlways

I've been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old. When I became a vegetarian, I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian.

Christie Brinkley

BrotherMomBecomeOldVegetarian

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Alison Bechdel

GirlWeakBeingBecausePerceived

The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.

William H. Wharton

GovernmentWildernessNeverOwnEver

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