Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

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• Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.

  

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• We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time.

  

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• You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

  

  Bono U2
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  • Kids