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The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor.
John Lennon
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John Lennon
Age: 40 †
Born: 1940
Born: October 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 8
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