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Motherhood was the great equaliser for me I started to identify with everybody.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
Hiv Activist
Music Video Director
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Aiberdeen
Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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Motherhood
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Everybody
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I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life.
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I didn't want to be a Barbie doll. I didn't want to be a passive entertainer. It wasn't how I wanted to present myself.
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I'm not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.
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We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
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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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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.
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Success breeds the excitement to continue going.
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Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.
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If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.
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When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.
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Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.
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