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Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Music Video Director
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Green is a label for a certain attitude to life, a certain kind of respect that one might have for the very source of things that we take for granted.
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We're not interested to know the real heroes. We're really more interested in the villains, actually, and they seem to thrive, and it continues to be business as usual.
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Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.
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We are not consistent. We have both these dark sides and some light as well.
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You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.
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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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Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
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I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.
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I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life.
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You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'
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I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse.
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Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.
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I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.
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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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Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.
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There needs to be a shift in consciousness there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.
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You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative meaning to get you there. So it's rather like doing a crossword puzzle backwards. A kind of strange, three-dimensional, abstract crossword puzzle.
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As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
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The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.
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I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.
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