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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
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Peace Activist
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City of Tokyo
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Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.
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It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us.
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Someday I'll be remembered for The phone calls I never made Letters I never mailed And the stories I never finished telling anyone.
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People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.
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Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside.
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There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send yourself somewhere, then you are sharing your information uncontrollably - like all yourself.
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DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.
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I never wanted to be a professional artist I think that's limiting.
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Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.
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When you say 'I love you', you are not just saying it to that person. You are saying 'I love you' to yourself, the planet & The Universe.
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