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They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.

John Lennon

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John Lennon
Age: 40 †
Born: 1940
Born: October 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 8
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
Pianist
Poet
Political Activist
Prosaist
City of Liverpool
John Winston Ono Lennon
John Winston Lennon
Lennon John
John Ono Lennon
Motivational
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Happiness
Understand
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Uninspired
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Life
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