I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
BONOTo 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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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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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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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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