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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
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City of Tokyo
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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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Look at a star in the sky not as something unreachable but as a planet you would visit one day.
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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
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I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
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When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
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I never want projects to be finished I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'
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Every drop in the ocean counts.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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You are beautiful. Don't ever think you are not. It may be such a compliment that does not come from a man too often. They are shy, proud, and rude. Give yourself some love. And walk as what you are - a beautiful woman. All your life.
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True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
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I never thought I would go into the dance charts.
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What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be.
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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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