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Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really wealthy family, but there was no real love. Everyone's living these extraordinary, interesting lives whether they know it or not.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.
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Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.
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It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.
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My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.
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I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
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I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.
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You have a bigger view, of something bigger than you, and you have to view that and take that in mind. At times you feel like despair rises up over hope, then other times you feel hopeful again.
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I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. It isn't about us and them.
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The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.
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You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.
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If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.
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I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
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Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.
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I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.
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The very fact that the planet is probably unsustainable with all that we've done to it and are doing to it, it's an appalling piece of evidence. It shows our complacency, our lack of passion or inclination to be authentic and really understand our true values. It's consistently depressing, but nevertheless, we carry on.
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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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If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.
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I think that you can only be true to yourself. Nobody can live up to other people's expectations. You will always let them down. There will always be something they won't like about you.
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I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.
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