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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
Bono
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Bono
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 10
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
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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 do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there. (Bono)
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.
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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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It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.
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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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God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.
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The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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I wouldn't run for President. I wouldn't want to move to a smaller house.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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