It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
BOB GELDOFI don’t think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that’s what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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It’s a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that’s sickening.
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But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I’ve several friends just haven’t made it by taking Prozac.
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Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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You can’t trust politicians. It doesn’t matter who makes a political speech. It’s all lies – and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
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Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it’s empirically so.
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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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It’s really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you’re going to get it to these people.
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Well, I’m Bob and I’m an unreasonable person. And if TED is anything, it is the olympics of unreasonable people.
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Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
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You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book
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Everything that’s rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.
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When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.
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When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.
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It’s like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it’s not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on
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