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I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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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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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
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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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I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.
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Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it.
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You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.
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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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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!
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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.
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When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.
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Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.
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The important thing is to realize that no matter what people's opinions may be, they're only just that - people's opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.
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