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.
ALICIA KEYSIf I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.
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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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I don’t have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don’t have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.
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I’m a very caring person.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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Failure isn’t an option. I’ve erased the word fear from my vocabulary and I think when you erase fear you can’t fail.
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I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you’d better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that’s going to shape them. They are going to become you.
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It’s karma, baby. And it goes around.
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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
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Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
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Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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