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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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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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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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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I hope that I would be considered romantic. I don't know... one of my favorite movies is 'The Notebook' so I guess that would be considered romantic. But I think being romantic is more than the flowers and the gifts. It's about connecting with the person and being able to talk and share things with her.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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In my career, I learned that giving your services for free gives you a good return on your investment, not just financially but morally. It supplements your personal integrity.
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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.
