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.
ALICIA KEYSI 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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I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.
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I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it’s a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.
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Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it’s not going to drive you.
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What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
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Quiet moments recharge me.
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The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.
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Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it’s really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.
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Simplicity makes me happy.
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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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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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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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I think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.
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Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
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