Wait, I’m deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.
ALICIA KEYSI don’t dream – only if I’m uncomfortable or I’m going through something.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
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There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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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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Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.
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Why give up before we try?
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Simplicity makes me happy.
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My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
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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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Everything you want to be, you already are. You’re simply on the path to discovering it.
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My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
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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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Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.
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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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If you treat me fairly, I’ll give you all my goods.
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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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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It’s universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I’ve learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.
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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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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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Falling down ain’t falling down, If you don’t cry when you hit the floor, It’s called the past cause I’m getting past, And I ain’t nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now.
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