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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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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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Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know?
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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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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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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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Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.
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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 main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better.
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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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It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract.
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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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When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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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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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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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 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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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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It's OK showing yourself some love.
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