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...continue to differ over the best way to tackle poverty and disease in the developing world, Bono's contribution has been to forge, over the past decade, a surprisingly durable consensus on the need to do something. "The only thing that balances how preposterous it is to have to listen to an Irish rock star talk about these subjects," says Bono, "is the weight of the subjects themselves...
...looking straight into lives they know nothing about. Paul Farmer, a public-health pioneer, has been host to them both in Haiti. "I think they, unlike many people, have allowed themselves to remain open to the pain that a lot of people experience," he says. "Watching them listen, really listen, and wait for the answers and study people's faces and pay attention, I was very impressed...
...Evidently this time He didn't listen to me." POPE BENEDICT XVI, on how he had prayed to God that the conclave of Cardinals would not vote to make him the next Pope...
...road to recovery starts with admitting a problem. ?The work in Iraq has been especially difficult-more difficult than we expected,? he said. Bush said that he knows "this war is controversial" and that "some of my decisions have led to terrible loss." He even said that he would "listen to honest criticism" and make changes that would help complete the mission, as long as the ideas do not come from "defeatists...
...always astonished when smart, educated parents turn to cookie-cutter solutions for raising their children. Guess what? Just like adults, kids are unique individuals. What works for one may not work for another. My sister told me, "Listen to your daughter. She will show you how to raise her." That is the best advice for any parent. Darien Werfhorst San Francisco...