Yoko Ono Quotes
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When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.
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Every drop in the ocean counts.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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I never thought I would go into the dance charts.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
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Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.
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I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.
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There is a saying that a glass is half empty or half full, depending on how you look at it. Well, we all know that one. But we cannot just say, okay so half full is how we should look at things. No. We have to go even further in our observation and realize that the glass is actually 100 percent full: 50 percent with water and 50 percent with air.
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DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.
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If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
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Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.
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If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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The opposite of love is fear, not hate.