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It's OK showing yourself some love.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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In your life there's peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don't even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.
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Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.
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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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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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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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In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.
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Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.
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I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.
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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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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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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.
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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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 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 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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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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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've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.
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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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