"All I want is peace, love, understanding, and a chocolate bar bigger than my head” is a one-line saying that has been printed on many images. “All I want is peace, love, and a chocolate bar bigger than my head” was posted on Twitter on May 8, 2009. “All I want is peace, love and understanding....and a chocolate bar bigger than my head!” was posted on Twitter on June 16, 2009.
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Mia Padfoot
@oh_itsmia
All I want is peace, love, and a chocolate bar bigger than my head.
12:30 PM - 8 May 2009
Twitter
Susanna__
@SNoSpoons
all I want is peace, love and understanding....and a chocolate bar bigger than my head!
2:05 AM - 16 Jun 2009
Twitter
Floralisa.
@floralisalovex
“All I want is peace, love, understanding, and a chocolate bar bigger than my head.” You gotta love facebook buttons.
7:13 PM - 7 Sep 2009
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MARCH 24, 2010 AT 9:11 PM
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“All I want is peace, love, understanding, and a chocolate bar bigger than my head”
MARCH 26, 2010 AT 6:07 AM
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All I want is love, peace, understanding and a chocolate bar bigger than my head; reads a portrait in my bedroom.
Twitter
Sweet Lounge
@sweetloungeuk
‘All I want is #peace, #love, #understanding… and a #chocolate bar bigger than my head.’ #chocolatelovers #quote
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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