Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONOBecause you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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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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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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
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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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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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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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The great gifts of models are not that they’re more beautiful than the next person, it’s that they’re able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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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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