Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
BONOWhere you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
More Bono Quotes
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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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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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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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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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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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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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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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You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole.
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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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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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