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 GELDOFWhat’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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It’s like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it’s not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on
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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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Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
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We’re looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition… doesn’t matter if it’s death, aid, trade, AIDS, famine, instability, governance, corruption or war. All of that is poverty.
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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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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change it.
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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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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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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me
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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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Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do
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Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
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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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Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there’s joy there’s its opposite, and it’s something you ride if you possibly can.
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