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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As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.
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As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective of nationality, must be united. Clearly, the demolition of national barriers and close unity between the Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Polish, Jewish and other proletarians is a necessary condition for the victory of the proletariat of all Russia.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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When I was in 7th grade, we were all given an exam. It was science and math, and the boys who did well were skipped ahead so that when they got to be juniors or seniors in high school they would be able to go to the local community college and take calculus and physics there. And I wasn't skipped ahead.
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I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.' What I've attempted to do is to mine that field, to mine those cultural ideas and attitudes and give them to my characters.
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I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.