John Lennon Quotes
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I began to realise that we are all oppressed which is why I would like to do something about it, though I'm not sure where my place is.
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I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.
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I never went to high school reunions. My thing is, out of sight, out of mind. That's my attitude toward life. So I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past.
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Your inside is out and your outside is in.
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I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.
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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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When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.
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Some people say it's a when you get older fans the kids don't like you. It's true.
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When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.
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It looks like I'm going to be 40 and life begins at 40 - so they promise. And I believe it, too.
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I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.
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You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain, the more gods we need.
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The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful, and so are you.
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Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
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I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them.
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Love is the Answer. What was the Question?
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Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
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The lyrics stand today 1980. They're still my feeling about politics. I want to see the plan. I want to know what you're going to do after you've knocked it all down. I mean, can't we use some of it? What's the point of bombing Wall Street? If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people.
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Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.
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Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.
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I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still don't know quite what I've done. I've tried to tell you what I did do but if you want me to apologize, if that will make you happy, then OK, I'm sorry.
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Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.
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As a child I did a lot of imaginary bits, you know. It depends on the individual, I enjoyed then knocking the nail in, I enjoy knocking nails in walls to hang pictures up, but I also enjoy thinking 'I'm gonna do that' but I actually won't do it, I enjoy imagining doing things just as much.