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The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.
Bono
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Bono
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 10
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It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
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My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
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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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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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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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