Mary J. Blige Quotes
I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. That's not normal. If anything, it's the actor accidentally punching the stunt double, which happens quite a bit.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned.
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I need savory sauces, stews and pastas. I can't live without pastas. My butt, you can tell I like to eat.
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When a hospital isn't under as much pressure, you start to see things slowing down, and it might take five, six, seven days to get the person discharged, and that's the length of stay, so it's all these different factors come into play all the time.
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Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it.
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I don't know about you, but I love going on trips - especially with my family.
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I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.
