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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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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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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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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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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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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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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If President Obama really means what he has said repeatedly about supporting the aspirations of the Egyptian people, then he will have to recognize that in Egypt today, as in America in 1963, that can mean opposing government policy.
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When I started, you had cochineal food colouring that would turn things pink, but you could never make it red. Now, red is no problem - and if you look at supermarket bakery sections since 'Bake Off' began, you can get everything.
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If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.
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I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.
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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!
