The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
BONOMy understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
More Bono Quotes
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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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The less you know, the more you believe.
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don’t really know what we’re doing and when we do, it doesn’t seem to help.
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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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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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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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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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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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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it’s to have any meaning in this world – and stop being its apologist.
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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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