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" I don't believe in killing whatever the reason! "
John Lennon
Reason
Whatever
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" Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. "
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" My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. "
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" Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. "
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" These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. "
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" He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride. "
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" If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. "
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" We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. "
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" It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? "
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" We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship. "
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" Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. "
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" I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? "
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" When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. "
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Someone
You
" I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. "
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Roll
Will
" There's nothing you can know that isn't known. "
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Nothing
Know
" I believe time wounds all heels. "
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" Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. "
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" You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! "
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" Love is the flower you've got to let grow. "
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" All we are saying is give peace a chance. "
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" Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem. "
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Problem
" Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. "
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" The more I see the less I know for sure. "
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" If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. "
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" If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. "
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" Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. "
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" Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. "
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" I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong. "
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" We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. "
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" The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. "
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