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I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
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- Yoko Ono
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- Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1933; activity date not established; Wikidata Q117012, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117012 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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