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In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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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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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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As far as men go, they never gave me a chance to be me they were always scared that somebody was going to take me.
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Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.
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I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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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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People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.
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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
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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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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.
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I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms.
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Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.
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I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.
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No one compares to you. Just remember that. There's no one out there - there's only one of you, and that's it. And whatever you believe about you that's great, no one else has it. And I can't look like you, there's no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can't slip into my body and be me. This is all we're gonna get.
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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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