Mary J. Blige Quotes
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When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.
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When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
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God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.
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Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.
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As long as I live, I know I'll have feelings. And that's what I'm passionate about.
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When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply.
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I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.
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I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.
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I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
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I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'
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When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.
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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!
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My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.
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I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'
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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
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You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.
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So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.