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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.

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Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.

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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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A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

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I'm a female but I have a masculine side and I'm not going to negate that part of myself.

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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.

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Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

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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.

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Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.

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I see myself as a traveller.

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Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.

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Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.

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Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

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If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

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Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.

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I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

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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.

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Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

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I've never been a social person.

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When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

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Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

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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.

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I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer.

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Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

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I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

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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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I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.

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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!

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As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.

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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.

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I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism - I hate all that.

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It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.

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I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

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I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

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