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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.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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Mary Jane Blige
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I like what I see when I'm looking at me when I'm walking past the mirror.
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Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.
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I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.
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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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It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.
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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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You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even start with the songs. I write down different things that I want album to say, and then the songs come from the different words.
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As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.
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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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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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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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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. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.
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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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I'm searching for a real love.
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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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I'm hoping that my entrepreneurial side will have me at a place where I don't have to do anything. That's what I'm striving for.
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I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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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.
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