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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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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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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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.
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You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it.
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Each natural agent works but to this end,-To render that it works on like itself.
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The nature of business is swindling.
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
