John Lennon Quotes

New York is what Paris was in the twenties. . . the center of the art world. And we want to be in the center. It's the greatest place on earth. . . I've got a lot of friends here and I even brought my own cash.

John Lennon The Beatles

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• There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Kids
  • First
  • New

• I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Morning
  • Christmas
  • Week

• I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.

  

  Dambisa Moyo
  • Up
  • Why
  • Study

• I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

  

  Walton Goggins
  • Place
  • Anxiety
  • Youth

• The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

  

  Adam Kluger
  • Music
  • Back
  • Aggressive

• What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

  

  Edith Evans
  • Want
  • Beauty
  • Theatre

• I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Good
  • Why
  • Home

• I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

  

  Tawni O'Dell
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Why

• Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Body
  • Flower
  • Guarantee

• You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • World
  • Real
  • Best

• Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

  

  Wendell Mayes
  • World
  • Man
  • Smart

• You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

  

  Edith Sitwell
  • Life
  • Men
  • Poet

• I think I've developed, as many people do, this sense of, 'Don't say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.'

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Think
  • Laugh

• I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Church

• When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Never
  • Basketball
  • Grew

• We are confident that shared values of Wockhardt Hospitals and Fortis Healthcare will form the basis for our continued success in the future.

  

  Malvinder Mohan Singh
  • Future
  • Success
  • Health care

• If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Up
  • Real
  • Action

• Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star

• My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

  

  Damon Wayans, Jr.
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Dad

• People would tell us, 'I love your company, but I want to go to Chicago or Boston or New York.'

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Love
  • Chicago

• The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • Government
  • Democracy
  • Paris

• I think the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera.

  

  Jean-Luc Godard
  • Movie
  • Reality
  • Moving

• New York is what Paris was in the twenties. . . the center of the art world. And we want to be in the center. It's the greatest place on earth. . . I've got a lot of friends here and I even brought my own cash.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • New York
  • Paris
  • Art World