Annie Lennox Quotes
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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
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I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.
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If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.
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I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.
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I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
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I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
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You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.
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I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.
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You have a bigger view, of something bigger than you, and you have to view that and take that in mind. At times you feel like despair rises up over hope, then other times you feel hopeful again.
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If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.
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Women's issues have always been a part of my life.
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It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.
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I love to make music and stay grounded.
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More than anything, I think everything about appearance is illusory. People see you, and they think they understand what you're projecting, but actually, they have their own interpretation of it, or they put a label on you.
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As you get older, there will be a new challenge arising. What you thought you'd accomplished once, maybe the goal post has shifted and it's not what you're pursuing anymore, because you're not interested in that anymore, you know?
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I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.
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I watch 'Mad Men,' I knit scarves, I cook and am very, very normal. Honestly.
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The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.
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I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.
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I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.
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I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.
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Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.
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I don't have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go.
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I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.