Mary J. Blige Quotes
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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We work more than we do anything else in our lives, but the average person only interacts with four to five colleagues. Outside of that, they don't build that many relationships.
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I didn't know there was this sort of immediate camaraderie that's very intense when you make a movie because you're all in this together. You tend to get really close to people really fast.
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I guess people don't think that young girls or young artists have opinions, but I'm so glad that there's artists like Lorde and Raury and Kehlani because they're showing other people that young people can have an opinion and a voice and do really well with it. I'm glad I can be one of those people.
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I hate censorship, man. I really do.
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I have an amazing wife and three beautiful children, and that certainly makes you less obsessive about your art as a musician - which I've always felt was more like painting than anything.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
