Annie Lennox Quotes
In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.
Quotes to Explore
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If there is noise against you, then you try to make it seem it is for you. You just have to try to focus on your own game and try and win the match whatever way you can.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
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A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.
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I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.
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If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
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Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many were homosexuals - the two things seem to go together.
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I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.
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I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons.
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I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
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One must love everything.
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You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.
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In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.
