Mary J. Blige Quotes
I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up.
Quotes to Explore
-
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
-
Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
-
I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
-
The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
-
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
-
After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
-
I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
-
I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.
-
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
-
Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
-
I am from Karnal, India.
-
I don't let anything kill my spirit.
-
I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
-
It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
-
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
-
Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
-
Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
-
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
-
A lot of people have a cough that doesn't go away, or go up and down stairs and get shortness of breath, and they don't think about COPD. They could have a problem, though, and catching it in the beginning stages is crucial.
-
The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.
-
I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.
-
I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.
-
Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.
-
I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up.
