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Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.
Bono
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Bono
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 10
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Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.
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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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I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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The human heart is greedy it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart.
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Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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Perspective is the cure for depression.
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You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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