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There are things you can never take, no matter how strong you are.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
Composer
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
Performance Artist
Photographer
Recording Artist
Sculptor
City of Tokyo
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Love is what I give to the one I love.
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Real success is doing things right every day by not forgetting to express love to your friends.
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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
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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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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
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All wishes create an upswing line when it is manifested. Therefore, together, it becomes an incredible upswing of power, whatever you wished. Of course, the more high level wishes, which covers the whole human race is stronger than wishing for getting ice cream for your dessert!
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The male society is letting the men think of the women as something pretty and soft and that kind of thing. So I just wanted to show what we were. Women are the ones who actually created the human race. I mean without us bringing up the new generation, there wouldn't be a human race.
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Faces can lie. Backsides can't.
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My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
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See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.
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If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.
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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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Art is a way of survival.
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I never want projects to be finished I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'
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