Annie Lennox Quotes
One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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I try to play like I did when I was a young boy playing in my garden. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good, but I try to always make sure I give my best to help the team, even if I am not having the best game myself.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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It's all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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There are three types of innovations that affect jobs and capital: empowering innovations, sustaining innovations and efficiency innovations.
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I watch college basketball and sports in general. I'm also a runner. I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near Central Park, so I try to squeeze in runs through Central Park when I can.
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Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.
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Whether I do jazz or R&B, there are always complaints. I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.
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I've definitely gone through phases where I'm not happy with my life, and you notice in little ways until they start adding up.
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One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.
