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Society was built on male power, and women's power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have been running society on one power, half a power really. And that's so terrible. The world needs women's power too.

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.
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I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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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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you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.
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We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.
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Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury that we can't afford.
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I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.
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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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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
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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 thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud to be women.
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Someday I'll be remembered for The phone calls I never made Letters I never mailed And the stories I never finished telling anyone.
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The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.
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Your thoughts create reality. The most pragmatic way to create world peace is to use your power of visualization. Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace, Imagine Peace. Your thoughts will soon cover the planet. The most important thing is to believe in your power. It works.
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There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
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I trust in my inspiration, really, and that's difficult because sometimes you would rather be technical. And once you empty your mind, empty your brain, it's really incredible. I'm very caring about things that dash into my brain, and I make sure I don't just clog it.
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I never wanted to be a professional artist I think that's limiting.
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