Yoko Ono Quotes
My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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It's really interesting for me as a filmmaker to go back and look at the films I've made and see where I was at that point in my life and also where my ideals were and the beliefs that I had and look at the ways I've grown and evolved and apply that to the next thing.
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I know firsthand how critical support systems are.
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Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
