The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
BONOEssentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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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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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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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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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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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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Even though I’m a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.
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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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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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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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