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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.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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New York City
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Mary Jane Blige
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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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Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.
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This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.
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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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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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Larry David makes me laugh.
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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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If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'
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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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You know a lot, but you don't know everything.
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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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I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.
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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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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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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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People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.
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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 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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No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing.
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