John Lennon Quotes

I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.

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• My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.

  

  Nate Parker
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• Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
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• The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.

  

  Utada Hikaru
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• You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

  

  Harper Lee
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• The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
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• The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?

  

  Damien Hirst
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• I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.

  

  Major Taylor
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• I'm not sad at all about turning 40.

  

  Halle Berry
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• The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

  

  Om Puri
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• I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
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• Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.

  

  Jack Bruce Cream
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• In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

  

  Samuel Beckett
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• I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.

  

  Gary Busey
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• Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.

  

  Hank Azaria
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• A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

  

  Ralph W. Sockman
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• If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.

  

  Sam Mendes
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• Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.

  

  Manish Dayal
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• All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the conversation, you have to have an awareness of what the discussion is.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
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• We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology.

  

  Deepak Chopra
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• When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage.

  

  Colin Mochrie
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• 'Tommy' was my first Broadway show. Long Pause. I don't know how you can surpass the excitement or get more excited or feel more on top of the world than when you are sitting in a room singing The Who, and Pete Townshend is sitting there tapping his foot.

  

  Alice Ripley
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• I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
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