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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.

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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Aiberdeen
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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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