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I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.

~Bono

Topics: Bring Chapel Father Gets God Got How Least Me Mother Often One Of The Things Outside Picked Religion Remember Sense Sundays Things Up Us Used Wait Way Would I Remember

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It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.

~Bono

Topics: Accident Air Coincidence Lot Mentioned More Poverty Scriptures Than Time Times

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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.

~Bono

Topics: Africa Age Believe Books Did Digital Fire God History History Books Like Our Out Put Remembered Revolution Terror Things Three Truly War Watching Will Written

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Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.

~Bono

Topics: Any Beatle Beatles Billionaire Boy Contrary Going Joke Just Money Reports Richer Sense Than Those Untouchable Way

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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.

~Bono

Topics: Always Band Being Bills Blessed Felt Just Old Paying Rich Wife Years

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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.

~Bono

Topics: About Always Around Artists Chasing Huge Interested Learn Might Odd People Say Technology Them Think Wanted World I Think

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Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It's a technology that brings people together.

~Bono

Topics: Amazing Brilliant Brings Facebook People Team Technology Together

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As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

~Bono

Topics: Act Believe Ego Empathetic First First Place Gets Going Heart Interested Keeps Many Might Music Musician Nature Other People Place Point Point Of View Songwriter View Ways You Your

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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.

~Bono

Topics: Audience Corporations Hanging Incredibly Out Politicians Subtle Think Turned Understanding Very Work I Think U2

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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.

~Bono

Topics: Afford Audience Bad Bad Things Because Does Drive Get Good Hear Opinion Press Public Public Opinion Read Really Say Things I Can U2

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Musician

Born: May 10th, 1960

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