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“I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried.”

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John Lennon

John Lennon, born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, and died on December 8, 1980. He was a founding member of the iconic rock band The Beatles, known for his unique musical talent and his advocacy for peace and anti-war ideas. more

“If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse of him, or if I'm feeling depressed without him even seeing me, he sort of picks up on it. And he starts getting that way. So I can no longer afford to have artistic depressions. If I start wallowing in a depression, he'll start coming down with stuff, so I'm sort of obligated to keep up. And sometimes I can't, because something will make me depressed and sure as hell he'll get a cold or trap his finger in a door or something, and so now I have sort of more reason to stay healthy or bright.”

Ifs Way I Can Sometimes Reason Feelings Stuff Hell Seeing Doors Cold Healthy Picks Parenting Fingers Busy Artistic Traps Glimpse Sean Wallowing Feeling Depressed Reason To Stay

Author:John Lennon

“I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time (with Sean). I hadn't seen my first son Julian grow up, and now there's a 17-year-old man on the phone talking about motorbikes. No matter what artistic gains I get, or gold records, if I can't make a success out of my relationship with the people I love, then everything else is bullsh*t.”

People Ifs Men Giving Years Firsts I Can Matter Wanted Grows Talking Growing Up Records Five Son Gains Gold No Matter What Parenting Phones Artistic Old Man Being There Sean Motorbike

Author:John Lennon

“Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing.”

Want Wells Grows Growing Up Parenting Want Him

Author:John Lennon

“The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.”

Reason Kids Faces Responsibility Crazy Parenting Reason Why

Author:John Lennon

“The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.”

Firsts Difficult Decision Steps Travel First Steps Endeavour

Book:Tracks

Source: Tracks

“Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.”

Courses Travel Bunch Over You Offense Goats

Author:Roald Dahl

“Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.”

People Thinking Knows Sometimes Done Happens Guy Leader Groups Huge Conversation One On One

Author:Robert Griffin III

“There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems.”

Humans Stills Soul Helping Problem Century Travel Discovery Ancient Civilized Traveler Human Soul Flourishing Civilized Society

Author:Walter Lippmann

“The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.”

Firsts Humans Two Bigs Cities Travel Elements Architecture Rhythm Extras Capture Traveler Anguish Geometry Furious Big Cities

Author:Federico Garcia Lorca

“Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world bigger.”

World Lost Travel Travel The World Getting Lost

Author:Julian Smith

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