Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.
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We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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I never wanted to be an actress. I didn't have any ambition in that area.
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If the weather is nice, I play tennis, which is pretty much the only exercise that I do. I try to do that as much as I can.
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I don't get ideas, I have them. The trick is to remember where I've put them.
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The Web 2.0 world is defined by new ways of understanding ourselves, of creating value in our culture, of running companies, and of working together.
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Does the right hon. Lady understand-if she does not yet understand she soon will-that the penalty for treachery is to fall into public contempt?
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In general, I usually don't really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don't really ask anyone else to. It's not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.
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A society is judged by the way it cares for its most vulnerable citizens. As an American, I am ashamed that we have turned out backs on millions of our children. I want to do my part to rectify this terrible situation.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
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Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.
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To God all things are beautiful and good and just.
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Men are always wicked at bottom unless they are made good by some compulsion.
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The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.
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It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being
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If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory, illogical, and incoherent. This is what research does; it smooths out contradictions and makes things simple, logical, and coherent.
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The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.
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Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
