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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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Bono
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 10
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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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