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Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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Why give up before we try?
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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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I'm very blessed to have a phenomenal husband, son, and beautiful family and friends around me.
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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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I think it's the ego in us that screws us up.
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My mom always said, Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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