Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
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God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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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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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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Even though I’m a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it’s to have any meaning in this world – and stop being its apologist.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
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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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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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