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born 1933 Japan
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ Ono Yōko, kanji: 小野洋子) (born 18 February 1933) is a Japanese-American avant-garde artist and musician, famous for her marriage and collaborations with John Lennon as well as for her solo work.
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I learnt to travel the world around
Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.
I trust in the human wisdom. We are incredibly intelligent beings. So we might know something without thinking that we know….
In a day, sometimes I feel so much love for the world, I think my heart is bursting. Sometimes, I feel so scared, I want to shrink myself even further.
Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world.
John and I felt that we were like people in an H. G. Wells story. Two people who are walking so fast that nobody else can see them.
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.
If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon
Dedication on the Imagine Peace Tower base (2007)
I usually stay away from being carried away,
Remember, our hearts are one. Even when we are at war with each other, our hearts are always beating in unison.
Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price.
The opposite of love is fear, not hate.
Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
I gave you my life, you gave me my life.
If Lennon were alive today, he probably would have reconciled with the man he accused of having "made a fool of everyone." John would have been the first one now, if he had been there, to recognise and acknowledge what Maharishi has done for the world and appreciate it.
Never say goodbye,
Woman Is the Nigger of the World
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