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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
Bono
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Bono
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 10
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When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed you see something that you can't un-see.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most.
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