John Lennon Quotes
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It's amazing how low you go to get high.
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There's no such thing as sculpture or art or anything, it's just a bit of - it's just words, you know, and actually saying everything is art. We're all art, art is just a tag, like a journalists' tag, but artists believe it.
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Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
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If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.
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I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.
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How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
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There's nothing new under the sun. All the roads lead to Rome. And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.
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I'll probably be popped off by some loony.
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I thought of nothing else but rock 'n' roll; apart from sex and food and money--but that's all the same thing, really.
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I had a lot of it in my day, but I don't like it. It's a dumb drug. Your whole concentration goes on getting the next fix. I find caffeine easier to deal with.
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If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!
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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
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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.
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Reporter lady: What's that color? John: Hm. I'd call this a color!
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I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind...
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I recently got into Haiku in Japan and I just think it's fantastic. Obviously, when you get rid of a whole section of illusion in your mind you're left with great precision.
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We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
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Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.
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At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.
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Make your own dream .I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.
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The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.
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Of course it's difficult to know what the workers are really thinking because the capitalist press always only quotes mouthpieces like Vic Feather anyway.
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All of us growing up have come to terms with too much pain. Although we repress it, it's still there. The worst pain is that of not being wanted, of realising your parents do not need you in the way you need them.
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Once the new power has taken over they have to establish a new status quo just to keep the factories and trains running.