Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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Life is a school of probability.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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Actors make less than you think.
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Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.
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We Europeans have a long tradition of cultural and economic relationship with Iran.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian approach to society because you are saving lives. You are playing with people's lives.
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It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.
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When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.
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So goodbye, I'll be leaving, I see no sense in this crying and grieving. We'll both live a lot longer, if you live without me.
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I don't want to impose on anyone else and make anyone else emotional or anything. I tend to quietly cry, kind of turn away.
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Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.
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Art does not copy nature - it suggests it.
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It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
