Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
ALICIA KEYSIf we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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I’m very happy with my body.
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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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It’s when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.
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Even if your family isn’t quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.
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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned…another lesson learned.
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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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Quiet moments recharge me.
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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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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 will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
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How you look is your statement, because it’s a claiming of yourself.
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Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
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Prayer keeps me centered.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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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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