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?’
BOB GELDOFYou’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.
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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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 cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book
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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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I’m sure I’m very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.
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Find inner peace? I looked; it wasn’t there.
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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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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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Physically I’m tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight
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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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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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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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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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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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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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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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