Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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Indeed, our British friends have decided to leave us - which is very sad for all of us - but life goes on, and the European Union as well goes on.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.
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Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' picture was the first film I remember seeing. I was two years old when it came out, and it changed my life forever. I had nightmares about dragons and stuff for years - and loved it!
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You can do one of two things: You can humble yourself or life will humble you. I think it's a lot easier to find a way to humble yourself.
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You are never too old to reinvent yourself.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself.
