Mary J. Blige Quotes
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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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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.
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Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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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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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.
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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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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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I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'
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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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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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My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
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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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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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I do consider myself part of black history.
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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.
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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.
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Believe in yourself when nobody else does.
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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.
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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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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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I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.
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Larry David makes me laugh.