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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
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Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.
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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.
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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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I'm not a risk taker physically. I just have no interest in swinging myself off a mountaintop or parachute gliding or skiing down a totally vertical drop. These things don't interest me in the slightest, but I get so caught up in the color or the texture of the sounds of something. That's so funny to me.
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I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] What is it all about?
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Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.
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I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.
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Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.
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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
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I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.
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Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.
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Women empowering other women.They get the psycho-social support. They become part of a community.
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The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.
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There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
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I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.
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