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When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.
Annie Lennox
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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
Hiv Activist
Music Video Director
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Aiberdeen
Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.
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I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.
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I watch 'Mad Men,' I knit scarves, I cook and am very, very normal. Honestly.
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