It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
BOB GELDOFYou cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book
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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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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.
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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 if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.
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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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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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I’d always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think,
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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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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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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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Again, in an imaginary other universe, maybe we’d have done it. That’s the terrible truth that lies at the heart of each of us; that imponderable, ‘were I not Jewish, in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, would I have gone down on the other side?’
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Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
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They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry
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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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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me
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