Mary J. Blige Quotes
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My first album is playful.
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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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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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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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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 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'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 journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
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I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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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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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 life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
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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 truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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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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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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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.
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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
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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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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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When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
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I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.
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It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract.