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"We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by."

"I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes."

"What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me."

"Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes."

"I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes."

"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."
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"What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop."

"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."

"The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this."

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

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

"To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater."

"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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