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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.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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No one compares to you. Just remember that. There's no one out there - there's only one of you, and that's it. And whatever you believe about you that's great, no one else has it. And I can't look like you, there's no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can't slip into my body and be me. This is all we're gonna get.
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