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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
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
Performance Artist
Photographer
Recording Artist
Sculptor
City of Tokyo
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When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.
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Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.
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Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
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When you are feeling bad, do one thing a day to make your heart dance. It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.
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Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.
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Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?
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Our thoughts determine our age.
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If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler's day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking.
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Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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