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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"Rock music is niche."

- Bono

Awareness

"America is not just a country, it’s an idea."

- Bono

Belief

"Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud."

- Bono

Hope

"America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy."

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Inspiration

"Music can change the world because it can change people"

- Bono

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

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"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

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"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

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