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Bob Geldof

"I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund."

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"I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund."

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"Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life."
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"Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so."
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"But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc."
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"Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone."
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"Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans."
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"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well."
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"So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know."
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"And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?"
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"I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think, When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing."
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