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I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.

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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Love is an incredibly strong thing, it goes everywhere, it's like water, you can't stop it. Love, once you have it, once you create a kind of pathway for it to come out, it just keeps on coming out.
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Music is like my security blanket. The first medium that I learned was music.
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My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.
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When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible
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You can't always measure the effects of activist work you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
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I have a woman inside my soul.
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
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Loneliness is equal to the radius of one's awareness.
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Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.
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Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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When you say 'I love you', you are not just saying it to that person. You are saying 'I love you' to yourself, the planet & The Universe.
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
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Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.
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Anger is an emotion that is very energetic. It is an ideal emotion to turn it around to make it work as a positive force.
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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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Not being appreciated for 40 years or something ... It feels like I was accused of something that I didn't do, which was breaking up the Beatles. That was like being somebody who is in prison without having done anything wrong.
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I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.
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And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place.
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