Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.
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I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
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Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay.
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
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Now you are seeing electronic dance music producers on TV, on talk shows. It's so great to see the festivals growing bigger and bigger, it's like one big family that's all partying with each other. I love being a part of that.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
