I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment in time, even if you live to be a hundred years old. Yet, what happens within that time frame? So many things happen.

Annie Lennox

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The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

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The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question. by Annie Lennox

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

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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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Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

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I have a lot to be grateful for. by Annie Lennox

I have a lot to be grateful for.

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I think that you can only be true to yourself. Nobody can live up to other people's expectations. You will always let them down. There will always be something they won't like about you.

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You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.

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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!

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This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead

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You become really ugly when you become very superficial and self-... by Annie Lennox

You become really ugly when you become very superficial and self-obsessed.

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I love to be individual, to step beyond gender. by Annie Lennox

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

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I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's... by Annie Lennox

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

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To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that... by Annie Lennox

To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that arise within us.

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We're not interested to know the real heroes. We're really more interested in the villains, actually, and they seem to thrive, and it continues to be business as usual.

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You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

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The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

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I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's... by Annie Lennox

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

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Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

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One realizes after a long time that, actually, we are contradicto... by Annie Lennox

One realizes after a long time that, actually, we are contradictory, all of us.

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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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