Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to state what we think. There's like this fear for their career, if they have anything intelligent to say about politics. And that's really messed up.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.
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Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
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There's always something that needs attention when you own a property.
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The Twitch community loves watching video games, chatting, and broadcasting. The average viewer watches over an hour and a half of video each day. Over two-thirds of our logged-in users chat each day.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.
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The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
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Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to state what we think. There's like this fear for their career, if they have anything intelligent to say about politics. And that's really messed up.
