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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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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
Rock stars are good at making noise.
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Noise Rocks Stars
For all that “I was lost, I am found,” it is probably more accurate to say, “I was really lost, I’m a little less so at the moment.
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Littles Lost Moments
It’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
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Blessing Looks Weakness
It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Ambition Chivalry Growth
My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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Inspirational Simple Understanding
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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Country Fire Flames Needs
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Catholic Rocks Stars
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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Inspirational Life Positive
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
I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
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Audience Hear Public Opinion
You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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Hissing Life Living Missing
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
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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God Sometimes Way
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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Defense Homework World
It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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Cynical Sweet Teeth
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
U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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Emotional Feelings Originality
Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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Bequeath Children Pops
The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Country Notice Themselves
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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God Opportunity Wasted
Music can change the world because it can change people.
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Change Inspirational Music
The less you know, the more you believe.
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Believe Favourite Humility
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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Music Positive Song
The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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Believe Children Ideas
If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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Art Must Understand
Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Helping Jesus World

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