Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier.
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I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.
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My mother has been my mentor in my life. The number one attribute was discipline. To be on time to school, never miss a day at school, and then checking out homework and making sure I was doing it correctly and signing me up for lots of activities, extra tests and classes.
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One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.
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Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.
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My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that.
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Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
