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Bono

Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman

Lived from: 1960 -

Category: Music | Business and entrepreneurs | Politics

Born: 10 may 1960

  • The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.
  • We actually aren't able to play other people's songs. The one Stones song we tried to play was Jumpin' Jack Flash. It was really bad. So we started writing our own — it was easier.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
  • In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
  • 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.
  • All That You Can't Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb are both really mad long titles. As I've just said them, I've just realised how ridiculous the titles are.
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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.
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  • Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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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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  • God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.
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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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  • In Ethiopia during the famine, I saw stuff there that reorganized how I saw the world. I didn't quite know what to do about it. At a certain point, I felt God is not looking for alms. God is looking for action.
    Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
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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.
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.
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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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  • The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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  • The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.
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  • The thing about The Dubliners is - line'em up, the hardest rock'n'roll bands in the world, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Oasis, Nirvana, U2 - we're all a bunch of girls next to The Dubliners
    quoted on Ronnie Drew (2008)
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  • The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
    PENN Address (2004)
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  • You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bono?

The two most famous quotes from Bono are:

  • "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."
  • "Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass."

When did Bono live?

Bono is still alive and was born in 1960.