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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?

~Bono

Topics: Against Breeds Cheaper Defend Despair Enemies Friends Know Later Make Out Potential Poverty Smarter Than Them Times Turbulent Violence Yourself

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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.

~Bono

Topics: Any Become Being Brother Church Conscience Decide Distance Does Free Free Market Going Market Meaning Stop Who World Your

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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

~Bono

Topics: Another Books Ever Gift Give Greatest Greatest Gift Person You

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U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.

~Bono

Topics: Alone Colours Emotional Feelings Occupy Original Ours Species Terrain U2

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It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

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Topics: Feel Like Listen Radio Sweet Teeth I Feel I Feel Like

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Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.

~Bono

Topics: Anyway Baby Blow Day Die Ethiopia Handed He His Ireland Just Knew Last Live Man Me Mind Opened Orphanage Our Said Son Take Would You

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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.

~Bono

Topics: About Africa Dignity Equality Facing Here Human Human Dignity Human Rights Like Live Period Right Rights Talking Threat Unprecedented

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You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

~Bono

Topics: Africa Allowed Anywhere Anywhere Else Because Commitment Concern Conclude Doubts Else Equality Ever Farce Fool Happen Happening Honest Idea Justice Look Makes Our Questions See Way Would You

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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.

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Topics: Accepted Africa African Around Brigade Cans Continent Deep Deep Down Down Equal Fire Flames More Need Out Put Really Standing Us Watering Were Would

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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

~Bono

Topics: Grand Knew Madness Marriage More People Perhaps Seriously Take Think Would I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Musician

Born: May 10th, 1960

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