Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
-
What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.
-
Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.
-
I don't like attacking.
-
I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
-
I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
-
Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
-
My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
-
Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
-
That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
-
A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
-
I love the produce section at the grocery store.
-
Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
-
I don't believe in murder.
-
I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
-
You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
-
My friends always laugh because I'm the kind of person who bought the Brooks Brothers school skirt, even though it's not my school's uniform skirt, but just because I liked it. I'm a knee-high socks kind of person.
-
The anti-Darwin movement has racked up one astounding achievement. It has made a significant proportion of American parents care about what their children are taught in school.
-
When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.
-
But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
-
I love Justice Marshall. He did an enormous amount for me. But if you confirm me to this position, you will get Justice Kagan. You won't get Justice Marshall, and that's an important thing.
-
There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there can be no vision to the man the horizon of whose vision is limited by the bounds of self. But the great things of the world, the great accomplishments of the world, have been achieved by men who had high ideals and who have received great visions. The path is not easy, the climbing is rugged and hard, but the glory at the end is worthwhile.
-
As far as being in dangerous situations around the world is concerned, I always have a Secret Service detail with me as one of the privileges of a former President.
-
I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
