You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole.
BONOThe extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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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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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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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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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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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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The less you know, the more you believe.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad — I see it in myself. I know what I’m capable of. Good and bad. It’s very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn’t mean tjat I don’t know it’s there. (Bono)
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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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