The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
BONOThe extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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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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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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The great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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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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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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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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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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