Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.
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Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.
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Intolerance is the besetting sin of moral fervour.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.
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You start out with your eyes wide open, and you've got dreams, and we worked really, really hard, and ours came true. So - and we're fortunate enough to keep putting out number one records, and we're fortunate enough to get out there and keep playing, and we truly have a blast.
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I would never run for any office or government position. I'm not into it.
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I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.
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The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.
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Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast and married my grandfather, who was from Wales.
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I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish.
