Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I do think that people outside the fashion industry imagine that being a model is what you might call quick, easy money, but it can be very lonely - you have to be quite tough. It's also very physically demanding.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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Syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to U.S. security, a region that is home to friends and partners and one of our closest allies. It is important because the Syrian regime possesses stores of chemical weapons that they have recently used on a large scale and that we cannot allow to fall into terrorists' hands.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
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You are the music while the music lasts.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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When I wrote 'Mushaboom', I was living in the second verse, but I suddenly found myself in the first.
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In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.
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I get a great high from writing.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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The best of prophets of the future is the past.
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Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon.
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Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael Haneke that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he is open for discussion but he has a clear idea of what he wants with reasons why.
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I've got to keep my head out of trouble, because if it goes on, it would be 'Harry Potter boy this, Harry Potter boy that.'
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Bowie was much more responsible for the aesthetic of punk rock than he's been given credit for, like, in fact, most interesting things in the Seventies and Eighties.
