Mary J. Blige Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.
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'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.
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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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As long as I live, I know I'll have feelings. And that's what I'm passionate about.
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I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it.
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When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
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My first album is playful.
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If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story.
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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 truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
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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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I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.
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I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.
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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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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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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!