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?
BONOStop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Everyone’s got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It’s a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one.
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The great gifts of models are not that they’re more beautiful than the next person, it’s that they’re able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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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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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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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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