Yoko Ono Quotes
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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It's a waste to not say anything with art.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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I'm not going to doubt my life.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.
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I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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Being alone is very difficult.
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Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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Never say goodbye, You say tomorrow's another day, All I know is we're here today. I've got nightmares I could never share with you, The kind that keeps me up all night. So hold me tight till the room is light And tell me that it's all right.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.