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Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
Annie Lennox
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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.
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I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.
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I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
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Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.
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Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
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