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Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter known for her distinctive voice and musical talent. Born on December 25, 1954, she has been active in the music industry since the late 1970s. Renowned for her emotional delivery and diverse musical styles, Annie Lennox's work spans genres including pop, rock, soul, and folk.

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“I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned. Therefore I feel it's incumbent on me personally to just contribute something, to add to a collective voice that needs to be here right now, to build it up to a tipping point, to make the world aware that women's rights still have to be addressed and that the word 'feminism' has been devalued and needs to be reclaimed.”

“I grew up in a middle class household with parents, went to good schools, and never feared for anything, never wanted for anything that was really important. For all of us living in this world, all of us who have the resources, for us to not dedicate ourselves to giving something back, is to leave the world a lesser place.”

World Giving Important Wanted School Parent Class Middle This World Grew Grew Up Resources Middle Class Household Never Fear Good School

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“The contrast of the world that we live in and the world that is here in Aspen and the world inhabited by women who have no resources, little or no, very few resources - huge disparity.”

World Littles Huge Resources Contrast Disparity Aspens

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“I live in a world of possibility and opportunity. You look for the light. There's darkness everywhere but you look for that spot of light and you work your way towards it, and you do what it takes to get there.”

World Way Looks Light Opportunity Darkness Possibility Spots

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“We think that this is just our world and we don't know what other people are thinking. Music actually is a phenomenal connector in that respect. It's a special language that defines certain boundaries and connects people in a particular way, a very emotional way, I have found.”

People Thinking Knows World Way Certain Found Language Special Emotional Particular Boundaries Our World Phenomenal Connectors

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“I wouldn't have known when I was a teenager that when I was coming up to being a sixty-year-old woman that I'd be making music, I'd be recording music, talking about music, and incorporating my views on the world into the music-making. So it's a very rarefied place to be, and I'm very grateful for that.”

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“There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the issues that we so desperately need to face, while governments fail so appallingly.”

People World Needs Government Faces Issues Failing Aspect Organization Changing The World Tackling Nonprofits

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“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”

World Inspirational Kind Today Asks Change Compassion Kindness Empowering Women Kindness And Compassion Goodness And Kindness Kindness To Others Modus Operandi

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“The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.”

World Heartbreaking

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“Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.”

World Rights Granted Developing

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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.”

Knows World Children Example Not Sure Appropriate

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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.”

World Helping Artist Fighting Records Media Havens Corners Labels Music Business Filters Record Labels Bedfellows

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“Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all I do is look at stuff and ask questions. What can I say? I just think the world's barking mad. Look, I'm not an expert. I'm just an ordinary person.”

Thinking World Looks Persons Asks Stuff Answers Please Ordinary Mad Ask Me Experts Ordinary Person

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“The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.”

World Humans Jesus Natural Consciousness Natural World Inner World Human Consciousness

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“Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot survive. Valentine's Day is on the 14 February. Christmas Day is on the 25 December. Peace Day has been established by the United Nations on the 21 September, and the whole world is invited to participate.”

“Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.”

Ifs World Want Needs Long Ends Poverty Depth Scales Like Me Haul Ending Poverty Long Haul

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“When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience!”

World Ends Wish Known End Of The World

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About the Author

Born: December 25, 1954
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 211

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