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A Muzak version of 'Imagine' comes on and John Lennon wakes up in his tomb, appalled.


David Mitchell

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SOPHIE MCSHERA I just shot John Lennon.
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FLO CLUCAS John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
KURT COBAIN I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.
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JOHN LENNON No he dejado de pensar en usted, y cuando pensaba en usted, eso quería decir que pensaba en mí.
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DR. KIM MANWARING I have no doubt in my mind that we were able to make contact with the spirit of John Lennon.
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MADONNA CICCONE I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.
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URSULA K. LE GUIN Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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RADHA MITCHELL It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He di...
RADHA MITCHELL I just don't talk about who I'm going out with, that's it. It's an odd thing to sit ...
RADHA MITCHELL I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't ...
RADHA MITCHELL Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same t...
RADHA MITCHELL I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different t...
RADHA MITCHELL Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
RADHA MITCHELL I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vamp...
RADHA MITCHELL This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately i...
RADHA MITCHELL I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollyw...
RADHA MITCHELL Revenge is a way of life and definitely some thing that we identify with. We all feel cheated in som...
RADHA MITCHELL We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a fo...
RADHA MITCHELL So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.
RADHA MITCHELL In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
WARREN MITCHELL I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Cathol...
WARREN MITCHELL I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to...
WARREN MITCHELL I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weak...
VICTOR MITCHELL There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. ...
VICTOR MITCHELL I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
VICTOR MITCHELL My son's a West Point cadet.
VICTOR MITCHELL We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
VICTOR MITCHELL