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Mary J. Blige Quotes
Mary J. Blige Quotes
Mary J. Blige
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 11
,
1971
Life
Love
Me
Music
People
You
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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.
Mary J. Blige
Beautiful
Woman
World
Most Beautiful
Not Perfect
Beautiful Woman
Perfect
Know
Most
Am
Them
Who
There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.
Mary J. Blige
Life
Trials
Strong
Matter
Will
Be Strong
Just Be
Through
How
Exist
Get
Going
Just
Breakthroughs
Many
Things
You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.
Mary J. Blige
God
Strength
You
Yourself
Thank God
Try
Pain
Trial
Through
Joyful
Around
Opposition
Thank
Get
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.
Mary J. Blige
Love
Truth
Me
You
Love Me
Hate
Will
Later
Say
Out
About
Because
Go
Want
Anything
Believe in yourself when nobody else does.
Mary J. Blige
Yourself
Believe In Yourself
Believe
Else
Nobody
Nobody Else
Does
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.
Mary J. Blige
God
Me
Win
Win Or Lose
Lose
Only
Know
Knows
Up
Begins
Ends
Where
Story
Whether
Us
Choose
So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.
Mary J. Blige
You
Mistake
Human Being
Not Perfect
Made
Long
Looking
Everyone
Once
Say
Able
Some
Having
Perfect
Like
She
Make
Because
Still
Yes
Going
Human
Being
Sustain
Where
Order
Breakthrough
Gonna
Pains
Growing
Now
Things
Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
Mary J. Blige
Life
Me
Woman
Trials
Women
Example
Pain
Live
Every
Tribulations
Inside
Perfect
Through
Perfect Life
Messed
Messed Up
Because
Go
Up
Much
Really
You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.
Mary J. Blige
Life
You
Book
Overcome
My Life
See
Look
Read
Coming
Storm
Palm
I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.
Mary J. Blige
Music
God
Me
Situation
Believe
Out
One Of The Things
Bad
Bad Situation
He
Get
Us
Certain
Used
Certain Things
Uses
Things
I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.
Mary J. Blige
Education
Knowledge
You
Key
Knowledge Is Power
Husband
Power
Wish
Books
Seeing
Had
Pick
Known
How
Educational
Up
Shows
Now
Elevate
Watch
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.
Mary J. Blige
Life
You
Trials
People
Treat
Decision
Dramatic
Say
Tribulations
Out
More
Know
Make
How
Get
Happen
Then
Full
Now
Right
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.
Mary J. Blige
Music
Business
Ending
Thought
Girl
First
Speechless
Music Business
President
Projects
See
Through
Never
Mess
Because
Up
Ended
Going
Being
African-American
Little
Far
Little Girl
Inauguration
Even
Now
Ever
Right
I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet.
Mary J. Blige
History
Struggle
Generation
Believe
This Generation
Over
Know
Should
Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.
Mary J. Blige
Music
Strength
Me
You
People
Song
Power
Down
Live
Give
Know
Renewed
Makes
How
Caught
How Many Times
Been
Times
Times People
Die
Just
Want
Wanted
Depressed
Them
Then
Us
Special
Helped
Many
Ear
When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.
Mary J. Blige
You
Yourself
Back
Spiral
Check
Come
Gotta
Continue
Want
Places
Many
Ever
Damaged
The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
Mary J. Blige
Music
Good
Business
People
Music Business
Good Place
Know
Place
Who
Things
I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'
Mary J. Blige
Work
Myself
Man
Changes
Worst
Okay
Critic
Fact
Like
Make
Messed
Messed Up
Up
Listen
Oh
Fun
Now
Need
My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me.
Mary J. Blige
God
Me
Gift
Responsibility
Live
Gave
He
You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
Mary J. Blige
You
Respect
First
Give
Demand
First Of All
Get
Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
Mary J. Blige
You
Free
Owes
Someone
Give
Something
No-One
Feel
Wronged
Going
Anything
Even
When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.
Mary J. Blige
You
Anger
Move
Move Forward
Hold
Forward
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.
Mary J. Blige
Music
You
Business
Yourself
Think
Music Business
Back
Disappointed
Protect
Well
Course
Got
Been
Labels
Goes
Done
Going
Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.
Mary J. Blige
Love
Music
Good
Love Is
Think
Chunk
Something
Going
Being
Where
Want
Acting
Thing
Start
I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
Mary J. Blige
Love
Amazing
Enjoy
Think
Bono
He
Him
Truly
Person
I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way.
Mary J. Blige
Hatred
Way
More
Self
Had
Feel
Like
Look
Another
Another Way
Any
Want
Much
Suffered
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