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You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.
Billie Joe Armstrong
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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