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Quote by Henry Rollins
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead. – Henry Rollins

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If I was gay, there would be no closet. You would never see the closet I came out of. Why? Because Id have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve… If I was gay, at this stage of the game—age 37, aging alternative icon—Id be taking out ads. – Henry Rollins

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Homosexuality
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Henry Rollins
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I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. – Henry Rollins

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inspirational
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Henry Rollins
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Words of snow, which fell last year. – German saying

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Past

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – Lesley P. Hartley, The Go-Between, 1953

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Past

A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. РAndr̩ Maurois

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Past

The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. – Ralph Blum

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Past

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Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. – Henry Fielding

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Autumn birds speak cheerful poetry from their berry-stained beaks. – Terri Guillemets

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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it. – Jim Fiebig

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