Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside. It reminds me to live in the moment.
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen.
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When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway.
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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside. It reminds me to live in the moment.
