Yoko Ono Quotes
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste.
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When you say 'control freak' and 'OCD' and 'organized,' that suggests someone who's cold in nature, and I'm just not. Like, I'm really open when it comes to letting people in. But I just like my house to be neat, and I don't like to make big messes that would hurt people.
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If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.
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Country radio is much more like a family than any other group of people that I've met.
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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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Systematically identity top designers as early as possible. The best are often not the most experienced.
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Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover.
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I have had my difficulties with the American legal system, and so I feel qualified to talk about it.
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I've known Pinchas Zukerman since he was a teenager.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
