Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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I've never been a partier.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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If you think that the intifada in France is about housing, go and try covering the story wearing a yarmulka.
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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.
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I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for their children and show them love and guidance from an early age so they learn to respect the rights of others.
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Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.
