Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in different people's minds. That I might mean one thing as I write, but a reader's experiences will take it somewhere else. That is like a conversation, I think. It is a true connecting up.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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I learned that I truly am a fighter and that I cannot give up.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.
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Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
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In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.
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Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring. But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, ...beer is good enough for me.
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The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
