Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.
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These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.
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Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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I feed off the fashion world like a parasite.
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I'm not a particularly good liar.
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There’s nothing submitted and nothing ready to go, but I can definitely tell you that there’s a project on the way. I just can’t tell you when it’s coming. I can tell you for sure that I will be releasing another single in the next two months. It’s one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever made. It probably is my very favorite song that I’ve ever made, nothing against “My Love.”
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I have kind of an almost religious feeling about poets. I usually refuse to meet them because I admire them so much. Except for Poe.
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I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.
