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I think what happens in the world, and I think it's part human nature and part programming, is we become an emulation of what we see. We become clones of each other.

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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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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