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I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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My first understanding of HIV and AIDS was like everybody else from my generation. In the mid-'80s, we heard about this, and it was terrifying, because we knew nothing about how to respond to it appropriately, and we didn't really understand about how the virus is passed. There was a lot of misconception about that.
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I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life.
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I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.
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I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.
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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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It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.
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Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.
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I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
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I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.
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Success breeds the excitement to continue going.
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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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Desire, despair, desire. So many monsters.
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If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '
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Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.
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I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.
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I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] What is it all about?
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To try to help people have babies in a healthy way and to celebrate the process of delivering a child which will be healthy is, I think, almost the best part of healthcare.
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Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.
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Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.
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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
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