July 5, 2005
Bob Geldof on Bono
"Bono's in love with the world. He wants to embrace it. I want to punch its lights out. We're a psychotic Tweedledum and Tweedledee."
-Bob Geldof, who organized the massive Live 8 worldwide concert with Bono and Richard Curtis, following the successful 1985 Live Aid concert for famine relief. (Time, June 27, 2005)
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March 17, 2005
Wyclef Jean on Helping Haiti
"Security is the first issue. If they want education, they have to have security. Haiti can be manageable if the international community focuses on it. Right now there's no focus on it. Haiti don't have diamonds or oil. I believe people are more important than that."
-Wyclef Jean who wrote and recorded the award winning song "Million Voices" in three days for the Hotel Rwanda soundtrack. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)
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March 30, 2004
Jars of What?
"In some ways it feels like a lot of the stuff we spend our time doing is about building up our little Jars of Clay 'kingdom.' Then all of a sudden we talk about Africa, and it's like Jars of Clay what?"
-Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay. The band recently founded the Blood:Water Mission to fight HIV/AIDS and released the album Who We Are Instead. (Source: CCM, December 2003)
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October 22, 2003
Dean Kamen on Impact
"If you want your life to matter, no consumer product can be as important as a medical advance, even one that most people never hear about."
-Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and a number of medical breakthroughs. (Source: Biography, October, 2003)
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October 20, 2003
Pamela Anderson on Chickens
"If people knew how KFC treats chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick. ... I am calling for a boycott of all KFC restaurants until my friends at PETA tell me that you have agreed to be kinder in your practices."
-Pamela Anderson, in a letter to Kentucky Fried Chicken on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). (Source: KFCCruelty.com, October 15, 2003[PDF])
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September 25, 2003
Alexandra Govere and the Kijuana Project
"I feel good knowing I've made a difference in somebody's life."
-Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Govere who started the Kijuana Project to fight AIDS in her Zimbabwe village. (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003)
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September 22, 2003
Dave Matthews on Peace
"That peace is the most important thing. And in that, I think love is included. Above all things, it's the most righteous. Not war for peace, not guns or bombs for peace. Peace itself, a natural state."
-Dave Matthews, who releases his solo album Some Devil tomorrow, on what he'd like to pass on to his daughters from his Quaker upbringing. (Source: Blender, October, 2003)
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August 31, 2003
Stacie Orrico on Achievement
"I've gotten to do so many great things most people will never get to do in a lifetime that I don't think it's worth whining over things I don't get to do."
-Seventeen-year-old Stacie Orrico whose self-titled release has seen airplay on MTV's "Total Request Live." (Source: CCM, August 2003)
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August 28, 2003
Beyonce Knowles on Nudity
"Every photographer wants to be the first one who talks Beyonce out of her clothes. It's prestigious for him if I expose a nipple. ... When they make those kinds of demands, I leave. Goodbye. I want to be respected and remembered for my talent in the first place, not for my booty. ... Some women show some nudity in all their pics. But I am known for being prudish. I don't have a problem with sexy clothes. Any really hot fashion thing I'll wear. And I'll put on a bikini if the scene is on the beach. But vulgar for no reason? Never."
-Beyonce Knowles, recent solo artist and member of Destiny's Child. She was also asked if one of her songs had ever come on the radio while she was making love. Her response? "Oh, I hate that. It messes up the vibe." (Source: Sky News, August 28, 2003)
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