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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As a first-generation American, my parents expected that I would go on to have pretty tactical higher-education-type jobs - doctor, lawyer, engineer. Those were the three options. My dad was not at all open to the idea that there would not be a higher education in my future.
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I've been planning a chunk of time to myself for years now. It's been my intention to finish 'Astonishing X-Men,' 'I Am Legion' and 'Planetary' and then sort of 'disappear' from doing comic interiors for a couple of years. I'll pop up here and there with a short story or two, old promises to friends and all, but no major series work.
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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
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An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm an old relation rather than reveal a new one.
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I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
