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Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music 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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Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.
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Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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In your head, a sunset can go on for days
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We're all water from different rivers, That's why it's so easy to meet, We're all water in this vast, vast ocean, Someday we'll evaporate together.
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I have a woman inside my soul.
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I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
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I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.
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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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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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Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.
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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
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The opposite of love is fear, not hate.
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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
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I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. Don't be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.
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