Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I enjoy romantic comedies in general. I like them when they're bad, I like when they're good.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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Don't watch a lot of television, don't listen to a lot of music. God. What have I been doing with all my time? I'm a bore.
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The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids.
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There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.
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The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
