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I'm not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.

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-Songwriter
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Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the issues that we so desperately need to face, while governments fail so appallingly.
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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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Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all I do is look at stuff and ask questions. What can I say? I just think the world's barking mad. Look, I'm not an expert. I'm just an ordinary person.
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I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?
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Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot survive. Valentine's Day is on the 14 February. Christmas Day is on the 25 December. Peace Day has been established by the United Nations on the 21 September, and the whole world is invited to participate.
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I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.
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For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.
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Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.
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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 think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.
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You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.
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I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.
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I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.
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Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
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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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I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.
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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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I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.
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There's always darkness around, and if you focus on the darkness, you don't know where to go. But if you direct yourself at the light - there it is! It's right there.
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