John Lennon Quotes
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.
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I bat righty.
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If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way.
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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.
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Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.
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I don't do husbands. I don't do children.
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If you've enjoyed 'Battlestar Galactica', you should love my stuff.
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Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money.
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My mother would say, before I left the house, 'Remember Art, hugs are better than drugs.' And I believed my mother, I believed everything she said - until the first time I got high at a party. I leaned back, and I went, 'God, this is way better than when my Uncle Perry hugs me. What else has my mother been lying to me about?
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The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.
