Bob Geldof Quotes
Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
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Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.
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The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I'm a strong believer in the fact that women are born to multi-task. God has made us like that.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I always knew I was going to do something with music, but with my whole family being in the business, acting was something that was just mine. But when I was 20 or 21, I started writing songs and felt the itch to make a record.
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If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences.
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Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.
