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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

~Bono

Topics: Be Different Different Even Great Great Thing Greater Maybe Respect Right Thing United

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As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

~Bono

Topics: Both Chance Change Change The World Fun Have Fun Instincts Rock Rock Star Star Two Want World

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When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can't un-see.

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Topics: Accept Changed Children Even Eyes Far Forever Global Global Village God Just Life Off Place Same See Some Something Then Those Truly Value Village You Your

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God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.

~Bono

Topics: Because Big Concept Gigantic God Greedy Huge Idea Interested Kind Love Might Often Petty Religion Tiny Turn Us Version

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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

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Topics: Brings Brought Coal Cost Environment Extraction Minerals Oil Still

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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.

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Topics: Country Cursed Digging Drilling Get Happy Lives Nothing Planting Rich Thinks Wealth Wits

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Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

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Topics: Amount Anything Could Dad Made Me Megalomaniac Never Overcoming See Telling Today You

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Rock music is niche.

~Bono

Topics: Music Niche Rock Rock Music

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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.

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Topics: Always America Anything Anything Else Britain British Came Else Folks Irish Lot More More Than Anything People Resistance Terrorists Than Were Why U2

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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

~Bono

Topics: Associates Commodities Corrupt Government Hoard Hospitals Instead Like Minerals Ministers Nation Oil One Or Two Precious Profits Properly Schools Taxes Them Two

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Musician

Born: May 10th, 1960

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