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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

Bono

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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Commodities Oil School Two
It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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Abandon Exposing Impossible Yourself
It’s quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I’d rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
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Culture Rocks Stars
The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Country Notice Themselves
I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad — I see it in myself. I know what I’m capable of. Good and bad. It’s very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn’t mean tjat I don’t know it’s there. (Bono)
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Darkness Importance Mean People
Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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Different Littles People
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
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Eye Mean Ocean
I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
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Audience Hear Public Opinion
In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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Rocks Stars Views
You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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Hissing Life Living Missing
It’s annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren’t they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.
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Justice Pain Real
When those people get up at the Grammys and say, “I thank God”, I always imagine God going, “Oh, don’t, please don’t thank me for that one. Please, oh, that’s an awful one! Don’t thank me for that – that’s a piece of crap !”
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God People Pieces Thank
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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Beautiful Being Respect Yourself
If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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Art Must Understand
Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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Music Positive Song
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Catholic Rocks Stars

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