Blair has called Africa ‘a scar on our conscience’. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world’s soul.
BOB GELDOFTell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I’m thin. I’ve got my hair. I’m well off. I survived, you know
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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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Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it’s empirically so.
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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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They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry
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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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Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
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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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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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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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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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Music can’t change the world.
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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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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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