Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I think I need security.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
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It's always helpful to have somebody help buoy you in difficult times and problem-solve with and to share the marvelous moments with as well.
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The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.
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If your priority is to look good in front of people, your life will take a different direction than if your priority is to use the talents that God has given you to make a positive difference in the world.
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I know you want me back. It's time to face the facts. That I'm the one that's got away. Lord knows that it would take another place, another time, another world, another life. Thank God I found the good in goodbye.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
