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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#any #bottles #completely #father #finding

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#could #four-letter #kids #like #lot

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#begins #factory #government #human #machine

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#being #honest #i #independent #independent woman

It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#discover #go #great #guide #just

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#brings #i #i think #lot #out

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#bent #centuries #curb #developed #did

For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#centuries #christians #east #jews #middle

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the end product of the series; whereas this divine personality that we meet in the Bible was, for centuries, regarded simply as a symbol of a greater transcendence that lay beyond it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #beyond #bible #bigger #centuries