We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.
Annie LennoxRead
As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
Interpretation
Creativity involves sharing your ideas with the world to inspire and influence society.
Annie Lennox's quote emphasizes the role of a creative individual in contributing to the collective consciousness of society. It highlights how creative expressions, whether through art, music, or any form of innovation, provide new perspectives and insights that can inspire change and provoke thought among the people around us.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of art in community engagement.
We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.
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Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.
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.
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Entertainment and art are not isolated
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In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and serious things not the miniature ships, recreated in the minutest detail, but the walnutshell with a bird feather as mast and sail and a pebble as the captain. He also wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer. For this "child in man" is the immortal creator within him.
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