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I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.
Annie Lennox
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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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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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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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