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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Bono

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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General Much People Rich
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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Helping Song Writing
It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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Abandon Exposing Impossible Yourself
The less you know, the more you believe.
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Believe Favourite Humility
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
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Hands Jesus Looks
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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Father People Something Trying Wrong
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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Book Giving Persons
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
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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God Sometimes Way
In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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Dream Sorrow Swim
There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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Art Mastery Retirement
The great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
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Albums Artist Rolling
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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Artist Technology Thinking
Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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Building Enemy Happens
I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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House Moving Running
Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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Artist Grief Inspiration

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

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