U2 Quotes
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I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.
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There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.
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I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and... preposterous.
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Perspective is the cure for depression.
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We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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Until it's on the radio or online, it's not real. With U2, our album isn't finished until it's in the stores.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort of 'death by cupcake.'
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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.
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America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.
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If there is a perfect book to start the year with it has to be Rebecca Mead's My Life in Middlemarch.
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I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.
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There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
