The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
BONOGod is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
More Bono Quotes
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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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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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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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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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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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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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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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