Mary J. Blige Quotes
I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
Quotes to Explore
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I think Barack Obama was born into a home not just to a white woman and white grandparents, but a white woman and white grandparents who shockingly told him it was okay that he was black and that he should not be ashamed of it and that he should, in fact, be proud of it.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
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I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in. For me, television is where it's at. You get to play a character for a long period of time, and you get to dig deep. It's a home to go to.
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Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
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The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.
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It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?
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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
