I 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.
BOB GELDOFMusic is still above all else the thing that does it for me
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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Music can’t change the world.
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It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
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You’ll think I’m off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical – in a positive sense – in its approach to Africa since Kennedy.
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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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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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But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I’ve several friends just haven’t made it by taking Prozac.
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I’m sure I’m very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.
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And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.
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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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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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Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they’re left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids
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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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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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Blair has called Africa ‘a scar on our conscience’. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world’s soul.
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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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