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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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City of Tokyo
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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
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The people have got to trust in themselves.
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Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.
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All my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me, the sky was always there for me.
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I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.
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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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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace.
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Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.
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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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