Mary J. Blige Quotes
I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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My dad's not a big talker.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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My intent for EPs - and, really, my philosophy on my music - is that every single song has to be worth it.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.
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It makes perfect economic sense to integrate women in the economy in the developing world in order to catch up with advanced countries, thereby minimising socioeconomic costs as well.
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I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.
