Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned.
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I would definitely love to be a parent.
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Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right.
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Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.
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Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.
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Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.
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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned.
