Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I don't eat red meat.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.
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Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
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When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.
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There's to be a film about my life. I can give this as an exclusive now. Meryl Streep was offered the part but, no, I wanted Kate Winslet. Kylie Minogue is playing me in middle age. In old age, I'm not sure who's going to play me. I haven't got there yet. Perhaps Cate Blanchett. Or Jacki Weaver.
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It was the case for a number of years that I was doing a book a year, but that was back when I was part-time teaching - and since 1991, I've been a parent, so that cuts into the time!
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I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience.
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It's nice to be able to support programs like 5 Hole Threads' in our communities to keep more kids involved in sports. The Life lessons that are learned from being a teammate are so valuable. All kids deserve the chance to experience that.
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Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
