I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
ALICIA KEYSEarly 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.
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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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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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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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Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
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From the beginning, I’ve had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say – and I’ve learnt that they’re meaningless, and they’re mostly inaccurate. So I don’t worry about it, because there’s nothin’ for me to deal with.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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Why give up before we try?
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Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
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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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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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I feel more like I’m a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.
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My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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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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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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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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All women are NATURALLY, bad ass!
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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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I’m a very caring person.
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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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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
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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 I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
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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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Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.
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