It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BONOI 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.
More Bono Quotes
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The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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It’s annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren’t they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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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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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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