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" I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. "
Mary J. Blige
Own
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Time
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" When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs. "
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" Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know? "
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" You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect. "
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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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" It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life. "
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" You know a lot, but you don't know everything. "
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" If I'm going to be the best in what I do, I have to study what I'm doing, I have to see what I'm doing. I have to see it, I have to hear it. I'm just starting to appreciate myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now. "
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" By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties. "
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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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" 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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Beautiful Woman
I Am
" Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen. "
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" If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?' "
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" I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. "
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I Am
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Bird
" Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen. "
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Door
Know
" I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot. "
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Pain
Great
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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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" If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost. "
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" I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it. "
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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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" Without your health, everything else means nothing. "
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" I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up. "
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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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Acting
" I just love food, period. "
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" There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong. "
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" It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. "
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" I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him. "
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" The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant. "
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" When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself. "
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