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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
Composer
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Film Director
Musician
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Peace Activist
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City of Tokyo
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Be kind to yourself this evening. Buy something for yourself. Treat yourself to a meal. Look in the mirror and give yourself a smile
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I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to bring children together from Israeli and Palestinian communities to find commonality in music as a very powerful and effective beginning towards Peace.
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Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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I'm not going to doubt my life.
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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
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Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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Being alone is very difficult.
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When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
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I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
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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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I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
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Every time I create something, just before that there's a kind of - you're feeling very low, you're feeling very down and insecure. Then you create and then it's fine. This is the way I observe me doing it.
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It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.
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There are things you can never take, no matter how strong you are.
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