Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid.
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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar.
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.
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The charm of Ronald Reagan is not just that he kept telling us screwy things, it was that he believed them all. No wonder we trusted him, he never lied to us. ... His stubbornness, even defiance, in the face of facts ('stupid things,' he once called them in a memorable slip) was nothing short of splendid. ... This is the man who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency.
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Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.
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I have always followed my instincts when it comes to music and life in general. They were telling me very loudly that it was time for John D., Hallmark and I to get back together.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And empathy is one of those muscles.
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I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid.
