Mary J. Blige Quotes
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It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.
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I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.
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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.
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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.
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I've never been a mean person.
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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.
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One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
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I listen to gospel music.
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I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet.
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I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.
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Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
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When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.
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When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.
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I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.
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I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.
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Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.
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This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.
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For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.
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I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked.
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There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.
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I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.
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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.