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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows. — Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono was a Artist from Japan (1933–present).

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Yoko Ono lived from 1933 – present.