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"Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9 Knowles has revealed that she was never as ambitious as she is now and could never have imagined her success. The &amp;#039;Single Ladies&amp;#039; singer admitted that she originally planned to retire at an early age. &amp;quot;This is really funny but when I was younger I thought I&amp;#039;d be retired by 30,&amp;quot; she told Cosmopolitan. &amp;quot;Now I&amp;#039;m nearly there I can&amp;#039;t believe how much more I want to do.&amp;quot; Speaking of her career to date she commented: &amp;quot;I never imagined I&amp;#039;d have as much success as I&amp;#039;ve had. I thought it would be great just to get a record out. &amp;quot;I never imagined the extent of what I&amp;#039;ve achieved. I never imagined the awards, the movies... I still can&amp;#039;t believe it. I&amp;#039;m grateful for all of it and don&amp;#039;t take it for granted.  &amp;quot;When I do something, I try and do it as well as I can.&amp;quot; Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9 is due to headline this year&amp;#039;s Glastonbury Festival. The star recently announced that she has donated money earned from a concert staged for the family of Muammar al-Gaddafi, following protests against the Libyan leader&amp;#039;s regime. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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