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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.

Bono

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Catholic Rocks Stars
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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Awful Kind World
If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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Art Must Understand
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
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Rocks Song Thinking
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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Answer Perspective Questions Thoughtful
Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Despair Enemy Poverty
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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Islands Sea Taught
The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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Coal Cost Oil
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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Blessed Wife Years
It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Ambition Chivalry Growth
Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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Joy Laughter Real
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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God Sometimes Way
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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Commodities Oil School Two
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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Artist Cracks Thinking
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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Darkness Song Writing
The less you know, the more you believe.
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Believe Favourite Humility

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