Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I've lived in LA for so long, I don't even know what is real and what isn't any more.
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I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies, character-driven stuff. I would love to do more theater on a larger scale. I'm just excited for the next thing that comes along that I'm salivating over. I think a little more guerrilla would be really exciting to me.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
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I love my body. And, I'm always working out. I'm an exercise freak, be it cardio, weights, t'ai chi or yoga.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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I know I'm not the consummate Bollywood heroine. But I'm working hard on it.
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I want people to know me for my singing. I've never been searching for a label of being a fashion plate or a top model. That's a thing that's very short-lived, and it's dealing with a superficial level of this which doesn't really appeal to me.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.
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I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.
