Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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I had a birthday party with my family and friends at a house, and Chipotle catered. It was beautiful.
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Ever since the kids were babies, we have treated them with respect. We are the mom and dad for sure, but we look for opportunities for us to sit down and say, 'How are things going for you? Is there anything that we can do as parents to help you? Let's all come up with a solution together.' We work better as a team.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
