I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
Annie LennoxRead
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.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a strong belief in the possibility of eliminating HIV transmission from mother to child through determination and political effort.
Annie Lennox emphasizes the importance of political commitment and collective action in addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis, particularly in preventing mother-to-child transmission. She expresses hope that with the right focus and resources, this goal can be achieved, highlighting the intersection of health, policy, and social responsibility.
In practice
In a speech advocating for public health policies.
I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
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.
I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.
Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
We know from our clinical experience in the practice of medicine that in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, the individual and his background of heredity are just as important, if not more so, as the disease itself.
Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation. The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
The problems of health care can be solved if we stop giving tax cuts to those who have the most, and start making health care affordable for those working harder and harder for too little.
It is now conceivable that our children's children will know the term cancer only as a constellation of stars.
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