John Lennon Quotes
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	Imperfection is perfection.   
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	When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.   
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	I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.   
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	I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn.   
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	God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?   
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	In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.   
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	Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.   
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	I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'   
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	Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.   
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	The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.   
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	I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.   
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	I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.   
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	You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.   
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	I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.   
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	I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.   
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	I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.   
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	Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.   
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	We must forget the prewar time, which was totally different. The sooner we adjust ourselves to the new, changed world, to its new, albeit harsh, beauties, the sooner will each individual be able to find his own personal happiness. The distress of Germany will spiritualize and deepen us.   
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	I think if you're inspired, you don't let a little thing like scheduling and deadlines get in your way.   
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	I COULDN'T stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?   
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	A burnt child loves the fire.   
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	College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.   
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	I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home.   
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	Nobody loves you when you're down and out.   
 
	
	 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					