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The Best John Lennon Quotes

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A list of the best John Lennon quotes. This list is arranged by which famous John Lennon quotes have received the most votes, so only the greatest John Lennon quotes are at the top of the list. All the most popular quotes from John Lennon should be listed here, but if any were missed you can add more at the end of the list. This list includes notable John Lennon quotes on various subjects, many of which are inspirational and thought provoking.

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Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.
2
All we are saying is give peace a chance...
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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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There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
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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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The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
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And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight.
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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.
10
You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
12
The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.
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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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Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
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Whatever gets you through the night is all right.
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I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.
18
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my 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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The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
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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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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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My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.
23
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.
24
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
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Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.