We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
BONOI 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.
More Bono Quotes
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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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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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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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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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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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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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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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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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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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The less you know, the more you believe.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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