To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
BONOReligion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
More Bono Quotes
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For all that “I was lost, I am found,” it is probably more accurate to say, “I was really lost, I’m a little less so at the moment.
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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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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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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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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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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
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The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don’t like it, actually.
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I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
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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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