Annie Lennox Quotes
My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsessed with the sugar free box, and I'm just obsessed with the classic.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
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I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.
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I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood – sometimes I get superbummed.
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Hard to say whether personal immortality would be a good thing or not. Not for the masses, surely! Too many of them as it was. But a select few, like Terangi Maclaren-or was it worth the trouble? Even given boats, chess, music, the No Drama, beautiful women and beautiful spectroscopes, life could get heavy.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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When I first started playing guitar, so many people told me I couldn't do this or couldn't do that. But I kept at it and ignored that.
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Six months after we started, in 1964, there was a day when we sold only seven sandwiches. If we'd taken all the money from the register, we couldn't have paid an employee, much less the food or the rent or all that. It could have been a turning point. We could have given up.
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My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.
