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Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.

John Lennon

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John Lennon
Age: 40 †
Born: 1940
Born: October 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 8
Actor
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Film Director
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Guitarist
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
Pianist
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Political Activist
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City of Liverpool
John Winston Ono Lennon
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In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.
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One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.
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