Quote by Henry Rollins
I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better an

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. – Henry Rollins

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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. – Henry Rollins

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