Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
BONOThe extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
More Bono Quotes
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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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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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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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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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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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