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There's good stuff and bad stuff, but you continue on. I'm not prescriptive - I cannot tell anyone else what to do with their lives, and I'm a deeply flawed individual - but this is it. We're all just living it and... bless us all.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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