“Peace is here now. It's just that we don't recognize it. Let's say that 98 percent of people in the world are wanting peace. Now people say, even people from Siberia? Yes. We want world peace. The two percent is really tying to mess it up. It's so sad in a way, because by messing it up what are they going to get? Their children are going to suffer, their grandchildren are going to suffer, and they might even die before something gets good.” PeopleWorldWayWantChildrenTwoMightSufferingDiesPercentMessGrandchildrenSo SadSiberia Author:Yoko Ono
“I am the type of person who would do something thoroughly if someone said, "I don't think you can do it." I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.” IfsThinkingPersonsSaidSpiritStrongCan DoTypeYou Can Do ItRebellious Author:Yoko Ono
“There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we're not equal. It's as plain as that. It's still a men's world. I don't know. We'll go on with it.” KnowsMenWorldStillsFactsHelpingSufferingFeminismGoes OnEqualHelping Each Other Author:Yoko Ono
“If I hear dance music, my body starts to move. Whatever the dance music is, I can't help it. With all that, I still felt, well, rock is a little higher art, but it wasn't. Right now, because I have so much experience with dance charts, I started to realize that it's incredible art. This is going to be known one day as high art.” IfsWellsLittlesArtStillsI CanHelpingBodyMovingFeltRealizingKnownRocksHigherRight NowOne DayMusic IsIncrediblesDance MusicHigh Art Author:Yoko Ono
“When you venture at life with curiosity, you can learn from anything. You learn from things that you could never maybe thought you could learn from. And when you actually step into the room with a lot of people who have an education in a classroom, that is very similar to other people's educations, you'll actually come with a unique perspective that could be a valuable perspective that creates an innovation that could change the world.” PeopleWorldRoomsStepsPerspectiveUniqueInnovationCuriosityValuableChanging The WorldClassroomVentureUnique Perspective Author:Ashton Kutcher
“I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.” KidsMotherFatherFeltDangerousFootballQuietOppositesBaseballProfessionBoxersMother And Father Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.” YearsUsedFoundFeltSportsFourBrotherSafeBeatsMy BrotherBoxingControlledGymSquares Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSaidKidsWantedSpecialImpactFighterChampionBoxingClimbingExpectingReportersLaddersLadder Of SuccessClimbing UpClimbing Up The Ladder Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
