Notes from Wikiquote
Originally "Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans." by Allen Saunders, as quoted in the “Quotable Quotes” section of Reader's Digest, in the January 1957 issue.
More quotes by John Lennon
I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD, by the way.
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