Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
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I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.
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My dream is to stand in front of 60,000 people in an arena and know that everyone came because they wanted to make memories with me.
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I'm mostly a mess, and I hide it pretty well a lot of time.
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This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.
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Your life can become the background for the art you create.
