John Lennon Quotes
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.
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I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing on stage until you remember your line - you hope you sound convincing to the audience. The key is to have enough material, enough threads, so that there's something that can be satisfyingly drawn to a conclusion.
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While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
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Who you are, what you are, does not change after you occupy the oval office. All it does is magnify who you are. All it does is shine a spotlight on who you are.
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Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
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If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
