Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
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I think all chefs who pursue great flavor have good ethics.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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If you think about people's lives, you think about what's significant. And the things I find significant in my life are not the moments when people are yelling at each other. They're the moments when someone says something that is very poignant, but oftentimes not loud.
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There's a secret sauce in California, and I hope people pay attention to it.
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I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.
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But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
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Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.
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I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues.
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I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills, and my cat loves me!
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The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.
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Every day, we hear that somebody got saved to our music from all over the world. The music reaches people. It can encourage them. I feel like I have to do it because there's somebody out there who needs to hear the gospel.
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As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
