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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I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.
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Presentation, not reference.
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I would like to say that, as the protester finished his shower, I was disturbed by the contradiction between my avowed political materialism and my inexperience with this brand of making, of poeisis, but I could dodge or dampen that contradiction via my hatred of Brooklyn's boutique biopolitics, in which spending obscene sums and endless hours on stylized food preparation somehow enabled the conflation of self-care and political radicalism.
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Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
