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I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Musician
Pianist
Poet
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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