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There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat. And for me, and I would not be surprised if a lot of women feel this same way, it's this thing of not being 100 percent comfortable with myself.

Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Musician
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Poet
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Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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You've got to love what's yours.
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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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We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.
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I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.
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Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.
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I'm in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.
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I'm very happy with my body.
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I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life.
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