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.
BONOWe thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
More Bono Quotes
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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I’m a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I’ve been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.
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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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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’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 I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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