Mary J. Blige Quotes
When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
Quotes to Explore
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I have nothing to hide.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.
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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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People want leaders. Not ideologues. Not people whose life experiences have been so narrow that they've been able to maintain the purity of their youthful ideals. Not people whose principal contact with political life comes in the form of speeches and sound bites rather than decisions and responsibilities.
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The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see.
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Anarchy would be a world that nobody felt responsible for, that nobody felt any sort of love for. When there's real intelligence happening, when there's real love happening, there's a sense of responsibility: Hey, we've got to take care of this place and each other.
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I want to sell music. That's all I'm interested in selling.
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Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.
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When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
