Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I like part-time jobs in restaurants.
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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman!
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It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
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I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
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The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
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I appreciate individualism.
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The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive, is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.
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Ali forced us to take a look at ourselves. This brash young man who thrilled us, angered us, confused and challenged us, ultimately became a silent messenger of peace who taught us that life is best when you build bridges between people, not walls.
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If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
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I was always the misfit jock who was with people painting on walls.
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I'm the Imelda Marcos of sunglasses.... Very sensitive eyes to light. If somebody takes my photograph, I will see the flash for the rest of the day. My right eye swells up. I've a blockage there, so that my eyes go red a lot. So it's part vanity, it's part privacy and part sensitivity.
