John Lennon Quotes
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You won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.
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It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
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We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer.
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Love is real, real is love, Love is feeling, feeling love, Love is wanting to be loved. Love is touch, touch is love, Love is reaching, reaching love, Love is asking to be loved. Love is you, You and me, Love is knowing, We can be. Love is free, free is love, Love is living, living love, Love is needing to be loved.
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Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere - come and get your share.
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Life happens whilst you're planning other things.
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I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any *%@$n' war or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.
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It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?
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I get by with a little help from my friends.
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The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.
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A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
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Everything they told me as a kid has already been disproved by the same type of “experts” who made them up in the first place.
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I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.
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What I'm trying to do is to influence all the people I can influence. All those who are still under the dream and just put a big question mark in their mind. The acid dream is over, that is what I'm trying to tell them.
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I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
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I always like the studio best, once I got the hang of it and the control. I like it because it's complete control...
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The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'
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We had one thing in common – we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn't answer everything and it's like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that.
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Somehow the revolutionaries must approach the workers because the workers won't approach them. But it's difficult to know where to start; we've all got a finger in the dam. The problem for me is that as I have become more real, I've grown away from most working-class people.
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Imagine all of us living in peace, it's too beautiful to just be a dream.
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Everything is clearer when you're in love.
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I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before.
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Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe...