It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BONOI’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
More Bono Quotes
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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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It’s quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I’d rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
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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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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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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 will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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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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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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