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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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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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Larry David makes me laugh.
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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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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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When I`m going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back to being a child and remembering all of that. When I go to do a project, I'm serious about it, so I wrap my world around it, and it becomes Christmastime for me and I'm singing songs like it's Christmas day.
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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.
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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 don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That's drama, because then you become something that you're not.
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It's OK showing yourself some love.
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I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.
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I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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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've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.
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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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