Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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The connection I make with being young and growing up is, like, the feeling of not being crushed by the world. Having an idea, thinking you can do it.
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What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.
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I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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I'm very much over my hair. If it was up to me I'd have cut it a long time ago.
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Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting.
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I've gone on streaks where I haven't shot the ball well here, but I was always making up for it in other areas, so it wasn't as big. It's just a part of the game. I got to do better with it.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?
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For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.
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It's so easy just to see the one-to-one narrative between presence and non-presence.
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What's interesting is, in the months leading up to this, I was probably at the lowest ebb in my life. I was feeling just teenage angst. I didn't know if I wanted to continue living - that kind of despair. I was praying to a God I didn't know was listening.
