Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.
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What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.
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I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
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I'm really proud of 'Oceans 12.' Of course, you do an 'Oceans' movie, you get known all over the world. It's an incredibly powerful medium: It's a Hollywood-identified blockbuster.
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Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!
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What I see now is the consumerisation of IT. I don't want my company to tell me that I have to use a BlackBerry or I have to use a Windows phone. I just want to use the phone I want and have it all work.
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I like to work hard and complete my films one after the other.
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Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do.
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This idea of mutual appreciation and partnerships and investment in our people is very important to me and will continue to be important.
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When preparing a role, I work first on the body language and physical aspects of the performance; the psychological dimension comes naturally once I'm in character.
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At the Academy Awards every year, there are best-dressed stars - and worst-dressed stars. But it's the worst-dressed that go down in history.
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Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.
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The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.
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The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
