Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That’s why it’s so important to know who you are and stand up for something.
ALICIA KEYSSimplicity makes me happy.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it’s hard to hear sometimes, because it’s a noisy world and there’s a lot of people talking to you.
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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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Prayer keeps me centered.
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I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I’m able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I’m able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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You can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.
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Quiet moments recharge me.
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Everything you want to be, you already are. You’re simply on the path to discovering it.
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At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.
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Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
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But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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