It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
BONOMy understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
More Bono Quotes
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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Everyone’s got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It’s a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one.
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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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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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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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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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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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I’m a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I’ve been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.
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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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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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