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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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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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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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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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 dress women the way I see them and the way I envision them from day one, thus my customer knows that what she is looking for she will get.
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Jokes are one of the things that bind the culture. If you can't have jokes about everybody in society and if one group is hedged off and protected then that group can never truly be integrated.
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Sometime in the coming century, people will rack their brains pondering how nations with tremendous scientific and intellectual achievements could have given uninstructed and untrained men and women the right to vote equally uninstructed and untrained people into responsible positions.
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Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.
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When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.
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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.
