"As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in."

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Source : "From the Big Issue: Annie Lennox gets festive". Interview with Helena Drakakis, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2010.

Annie Lennox

#Creative Quotes #Consciousness Quotes #Persons Quotes

“Do you understand the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing? The only reason I fought so hard to stay alive in China was because I didn't want to die for nothing. Today, I can die for something. My way, my choice.”
“Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made that because I'm in here I must be a 'sinner' in need of salvation, and they would be glad to sell me a ticket to heaven, hawking this salvation like peanuts at a ballgame. I do appreciate their charity, but I could really do without the condescension. They have been so nice I would hate to break it to them that I really prefer Nietzsche to the Bible.”
“What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.”

Source : Angelus Silesius (1986). “Angelus Silesius: The Cherubinic Wanderer”
“Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.”
“I've always been fascinated by the concept of time.”
“You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable.”
“I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.”
“News photography teaches you to think fast.”

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