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Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
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I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
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Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.
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There was a time when I looked to other people for recognition, because I didn't have enough confidence to trust my own judgment. Now I'm not looking for reassurance, because I realize how fickle people are. My own strength is the best I can have.
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Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.
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I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.
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Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.
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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.
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There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
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Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.
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In the States, the HIV transmission from mother to child is almost completely preventable - the only mothers who really do transmit it are the ones who don't come in for care. If a mother in the United States or in Europe or in the UK comes to care and gets her medicines, she will have an HIV negative baby. Most people don't know that.
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I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.
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I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.
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Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.
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Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.
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I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps.
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Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.
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Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.
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Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.
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We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
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I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.
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The poetic side of me is Scottish.
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In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.
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I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.