Bono quotes - page 7

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade. (Bono)
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. View quote
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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth. View quote
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Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. View quote
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Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit. View quote
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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. View quote
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At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that. View quote
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U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing. View quote
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star. View quote
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I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se. View quote
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It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain. (Bono)
Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding. View quote
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali. View quote
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Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency. View quote
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The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. View quote
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment. View quote
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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people. View quote
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Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency. View quote
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The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray. View quote
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue for example that millions of children could and should be vaccinated. View quote
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What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. (Bono)
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. View quote
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If God will send his angels I sure could use them here right now Well if God would send his angels And I don't have to know how. View quote
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We're wounded by fear,injured in doubt.I can lose myself,You I can't live without. View quote
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From the stinging rain comes a Rattle and hum.See the face of fear running scared in the valley below. View quote
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