Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
'I've never met him. It was mind-blowing. I couldn't quite believe it. He's a person that's seen so many things and been a part of music for so long. For him to give a shit about me is pretty exciting. I like it.'Alicia Keys
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
Umera Ahmad -
Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
Sally Quinn -
I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
S. J. Perelman -
I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
Hal Sparks -
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
Quico Canseco
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
Young Jeezy -
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
Olga Kurylenko -
If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
Candice Swanepoel -
Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
Ines de La Fressange -
I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
Gattlin Griffith -
If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
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Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.
Dan Aykroyd -
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
G. Gordon Liddy -
My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
Gail Carson Levine -
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
Cal Thomas -
What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.
Lake Bell -
Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
Hal Sparks
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How are people still working with Terry Richardson?
Katherine Ryan -
When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
Randy Johnson -
The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.
Bill Toomey -
With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them.
Samantha Harvey -
I took an oath when I became secretary of homeland security to defend and support the Constitution.
Kirstjen Nielsen -
'I've never met him. It was mind-blowing. I couldn't quite believe it. He's a person that's seen so many things and been a part of music for so long. For him to give a shit about me is pretty exciting. I like it.'
Alicia Keys