Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
BONOTo be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
More Bono Quotes
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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed.
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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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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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