Alicia Keys Quotes

I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

Alicia Keys

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LoveFatherMotherHeritageSpice

Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.

Jens Lekman

PerspectiveSillyYouFeelingAlmost

When the news broke that John McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer, the outpouring of well wishes all hailed his toughness.

John Dickerson

BrainWishesNewsToughnessCancer

If I'm going to get an ice cream cone two or three times a week, then it's a pleasure. No guilt.

Melissa Leo

GuiltWeekIceIce CreamThreeTwo

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveMusicTimeHappyChildPeople

If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.

John McEnroe

GoodThinkBetterPrettyMustThan

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

Matthew Lesko

MoneyRunPersonalTakePayment

I don't think there was a thunderclap or a divine spark that suddenly made one species smart. You can see, in our ancestors, there was a gradual expansion of the brain; there was an expansion of the complexity of tools.

Steven Pinker

SmartBrainThinkSparkToolsYou

Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.

Simon Kuznets

SuccessPurposeWarCountryEqual

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

Mary J. Blige

FreeFeelSomeoneYouAnythingGive

It would be meaningful if I can get a gold medal in my parents' country.

Chloe Kim

ParentsGoldI CanCountryGet

Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

Anthony Weiner

EducationWordsCityDebateThree

Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything about it. As a celebrity, you are putting yourself out there to be judged, and that's fine. I am now learning not to get affected by such things. I am building my career and making choices that I think are right while minding my own business.

Anushka Sharma

LearningBusinessYourselfI AmYou

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