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“I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why we couldn't do it in America too.”

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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

“I'd never met a woman I considered as intelligent as me. That sounds bigheaded, but every woman I met was either a dolly-chick, or a sort of screwed-up intellectual chick. And of course, in the field I was in, I didn't meet many intellectual people anyway. I always had this dream of meeting an artist, an artist girl who would be like me. And I thought it was a myth, but then I met Yoko and that was it.”

People Dream Would Be Artist Girl Courses Sound Women Fields Mets Intellectual Intelligent Meetings Myth Like Me Chicks Screwed Up

Author:John Lennon

“To open up the new, to look back on the old may bring forth like discoveries in the practice of art.”

Looks May Art Practice Discovery

Author:Eudora Welty

“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.”

Long Stories Fiction

Book:One Writer's Beginnings

Source: One Writer's Beginnings

“Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.”

Humans Human Beings Fantasy Spring Seeds

Book:Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace: A Paper Read at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, Mississippi, March 7, 1975

Source: Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace: A Paper Read at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, Mississippi, March 7, 1975

“Learning stamps you with its moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse.”

Made Moments Learning Childhood Steady Stamps Pulse

Book:One Writer's Beginnings

Source: One Writer's Beginnings

“Reggae, oh man. It's the ultimate music. The positivity. The musicality. The whole cultural expressionism of it. The danceability. Just the cool factor. The melody factor. Some of it comes from a religious place. If there were a competition of who makes the best religious music, it would definitely be the Rastafarian reggae.”