Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even though you're a model. It's not just erased.
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We just here to do our job.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.
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I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it.
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My daughter Stacia was born when I was 31, after I was divorced from David, and she was my gift to myself. She was just a joy because I didn't have the stress of a male irritating me, and I vowed that I would make absolutely certain that between her and me there would be a clear line of communication at all times.
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I did sound for a number of years, so I know the pain of the sound mixer on a set where everybody was talking.
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There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.
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What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.
