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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
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business I couldn't see that.
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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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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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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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It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.
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Believe in yourself when nobody else does.
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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 like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.
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If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.
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Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it.
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It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.
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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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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.
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