Yoko Ono Quotes
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.
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When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.
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What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
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Forgiving ourselves for all the woulda-shoulda-couldas in life, and sometimes forgiving others for actions that we feel undercut or undermine our good, can be very challenging. But forgiveness of the past and mistakes, our own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others, is imperative if we are to dwell fully in the present and experience the miracles that are only available to the forgiving and loving mind.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
