Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
BONOWhen 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.
More Bono Quotes
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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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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that.
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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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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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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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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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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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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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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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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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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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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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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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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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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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It’s quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I’d rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
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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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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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