"You see, Africa makes a fool of our……" — Bono
"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."
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144 Quotes by Bono
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I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and…
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The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa…
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I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single…
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