Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a major city is they get a stranglehold on the people themselves. They force the men to wear beards and the women to be properly costumed and essentially completely covered up.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through.
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My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.
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If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.
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I've never been a true fan of the short story and have only published a single example of my own.
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If you want to right-size executive power relative to the other branches of government, the best way to do that is to have a healthy Congress in which the two parties are debating, disagreeing, but also occasionally working together to pass legislation.
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I think Hillary Clinton is terrific.
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People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
