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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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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.
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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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I'm a politician. Politics is just a convenience for our life and we just have to create a beautiful world together that would be very convenient for us and just enjoyable.
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If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler's day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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I am the type of person who would do something thoroughly if someone said, I don't think you can do it. I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.
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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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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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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.
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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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Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.
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The odds of not meeting in this life are so great that every meeting is like a miracle. It's a wonder that we don't make love to every single person we meet.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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Keep going until your efforts start to make things better in your hometown.
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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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