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When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.
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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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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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Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.
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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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I like what I see when I'm looking at me when I'm walking past the mirror.
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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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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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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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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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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’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.
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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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Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.
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You know a lot, but you don't know everything.
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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
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I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'
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