Annie Lennox Quotes
I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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If you set the rate at 68 cents, it will damage the quality of education in Stafford. However, if it drops any lower, it will be devastating.
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Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.
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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.
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To some people I'll always be the bad guy.
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I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.
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I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.
