Fear Quote by Billie Joe Armstrong

“People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.”

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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.

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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important. If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you…

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I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh,…

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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be…

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I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.

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It's not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it's more about the memories that you have. Where you…

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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.

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I just open my mouth and out it comes.

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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

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“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle. Anyway, both of these impulses can destroy order, which comes out of both drives, and which is another human need I haven't yet fit into my scheme. So both have to be controlled. But in fact,…

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