Yoko Ono Quotes
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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I learned from an early age that my heritage, my love for people, and my desire to be a vehicle that can be used through my voice, that my expressions and actions can transport a person to experience a scene from the past, present and future.
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Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this.
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There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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In the beginning, yes. I didn't like it because I wanted people to know me by Gabriel Iglesias, not by Fluffy.
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All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
