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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.

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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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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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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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 am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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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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I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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