“What a city, what a night, what a crowd, what a bomb, what a mistake, what a wanker you have for a President.”

—  Bono

Acceptance speech at the MTV Europe Music Awards, referring to French nuclear testing in Pacific (1995)

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Irish rock musician, singer of U2 1960

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