Janet Jackson Quotes
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If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?
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Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.
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To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.
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The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.
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I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.
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I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
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I can feel your body pressed against my body. When you start to poundin', love to feel you throbbin'.
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Acceptance is right. Kindness is right. Love is right. I pray, right now, that we're moving into a kinder time when prejudice is overcome by understanding; when narrow-mindedness, and narrow-minded bigotry is overwhelmed by open-hearted empathy; when the pain of judgmentalism is replaced by the purity of love.
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My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.
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I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.
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Everywhere I go, every smile I see, I know you are there smilin' back at me. Dancin' in moonlight, I know you are free 'cause I can see your star shinin' down on me.
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I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.
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I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.
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If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
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I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.
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I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.
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There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.
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Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.
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I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.
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I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
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Just like Marilyn Monroe is a lot of girls' idol, that's how I feel about Dorothy Dandridge. And she any Marilyn were very close friends. She went through a lot, and people told her that she couldn't do certain things, but she didn't let that bother her. She said in her mind that she was going to do them and that nothing was impossible, and she did it. It was so sad... She died from drugs, and drinking as well.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
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In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.