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It Took Me Quite A Long Time To Realise That My Maleness Was Cutting Off Certain Areas For Yoko [ono]. She's A Red Hot Liberationistand Was Quick To Show Me Where I Was Going Wrong, Even Though It Seemed To Me That I Was Just Acting Naturally. That's Why I'm Always Interested To Know How People Who Claim To Be Radical Treat Women.

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It Took Me Quite

John Lennon

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It Took Me Quite A Long Time To Realise That My Maleness Was Cutting Off Certain Areas For Yoko [ono]. She's A Red Hot Liberationistand Was Quick To Show Me Where I Was Going Wrong, Even Though It Seemed To Me That I Was Just Acting Naturally. That's Why I'm Always Interested To Know How People Who Claim To Be Radical Treat Women.

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The Lyrics Stand Today (1980). They're Still My Feeling About Politics. I Want To See The Plan. I Want To Know What You're Going To Do After You've Knocked It All Down. I Mean, Can't We Use Some Of It? What's The Point Of Bombing Wall Street? If You Want To Change The System, Change The System. It's No Good Shooting People.

The Greatest Artists Always Come Round To Simplicity.

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Avant-garde Is French For Bullshit

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We're Trying To Sell Peace, Like A Product, You Know, And Sell It Like People Sell Soap Or Soft Drinks. And It's The Only Way To Get People Aware That Peace Is Possible, And It Isn't Just Inevitable To Have Violence. Not Just War - All Forms Of Violence.

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Why Don't People Believe Us When We Say We're Simply In Love?

I'd Like To Incite People To Break The Framework, To Be Disobedient In School, To Stick Their Tongues Out, To Keep Insulting Authority.

Imagine All Of Us Living In Peace, It's Too Beautiful To Just Be A Dream.

Declare It. Just The Same Way We Declare War. That Is How We Will Have Peace... We Just Need To Declare It.

We Want To Go Forward, But Which Way Are We Facing?

Pools Of Sorrow Waves Of Joy Are Drifting Thorough My Open Mind Possessing And Caressing M

It's Wierd Not To Be Wierd.

One Day At A Time Is All We Do. One Day At A Time Is Good For You

One Day At A Time

God Is A Concept By Which We Measure Our Pain. I'll Say It Again. God Is A Concept By Which We Measure Our Pain.

It Just Was A Gradual Development Over The Years. I Mean Last Year Was 'all You Need Is Love.' This Year, It's 'all You Need Is Love And Peace, Baby.' Give Peace A Chance, And Remember Love. The Only Hope For Us Is Peace. Violence Begets Violence. You Can Have Peace As Soon As You Like If We All Pull Together. You're All Geniuses, And You're All Beautiful. You Don't Need Anyone To Tell You Who You Are. You Are What You Are. Get Out There And Get Peace, Think Peace, And Live Peace And Breathe Peace, And You'll Get It As Soon As You Like.

I'm Cynical About Society, Politics, Newspapers, Government. But I'm Not Cynical About Life, Love, Goodness, Death. That's Why I Really Don't Want To Be Labeled A Cynic.

But For Me At Any Rate It Was All Part Of Dissolving The God Trip Or Father-figure Trip. Facing Up To Reality Instead Of Always Looking For Some Kind Of Heaven.

'revolution' . There Were Two Versions Of That Song But The Underground Left Only Picked Up On The One That Said 'count Me Out'.

I Am Like A Chameleon, Influenced By Whatever's Going On. If Elvis Can Do It, I Can Do It. If The Everly Brothers Can Do It, Me And Paul Can. Same With Dylan.

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