Mary J. Blige Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
-
Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
-
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
-
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
-
Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
-
No person is just one particular emotion.
-
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
-
My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
-
My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
-
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
-
For economist the real world is often a special case.
-
I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
-
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
-
The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
-
Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
-
I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
-
What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
-
The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.
-
I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that will hold an audience's attention.
-
I think I just need more time to refine my skills, and I can be a dominant pass rusher.
-
'Southland' is very real; it's not about who found the hair in the bed. There are procedural aspects to it, but it's not about that.
-
The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies.
-
My first British film was Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend It Like Beckham,' which was a huge international success.
-
For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.
