Mary J. Blige Quotes
My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
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The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
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If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires.
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Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.
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I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it.
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If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time.
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I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues.'
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They were very careful and kind. So careful and kind it was positively tactless and spiteful.
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
