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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.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Actual Answer Anything Ask Barking Because Expert Just Look Mad Me Ordinary Ordinary Person Person Please Questions Say Stuff Think World

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Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Actually Domesticated Home Little Little Things Love Person Quite Things I Love

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I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Born Brought Hard Life Parents Up War Were Years I Was Born

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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. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Background Because Come Experienced Going Having Job Know Next Strike Unions Wealthy Week Working-Class Worry

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The dynamic between two individuals starts off with everything warm and nice and fabulous and good. Working and living together can serve you quite well, but when it starts to go wrong - oh, boy!

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Between Boy Dynamic Everything Fabulous Go Good Individuals Living Nice Off Oh Quite Serve Starts Together Two Warm Well Working Wrong You

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I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Been Exchanging Girl Grew Group Hair Just Lipstick Never Other Person Social Thing Up Would

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Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Always Back Been Bring Feminism Goal Issues Life My Life Part Women Word Zeitgeist

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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.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Became Bore Brunt Countries Developing Developing Countries Incredibly Issue Many Obvious Society State Stimulated Things Visiting Women

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The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent feminist, but she truly was.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Ardent Feminist Friend Inspired Know Known Me Mine Most Person She Truly Who

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Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Behalf Children Daughters Figure Having Having Children Healthy Need Out Own Pretty Property Self-Awareness Speak Think Views Your I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: December 25th, 1954

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