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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.

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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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
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Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.
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There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we're not equal. It's as plain as that. It's still a men's world. I don't know. We'll go on with it.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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