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" I just love food, period. "
Mary J. Blige
Period
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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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" When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. "
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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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" Two hurt people can not help each other. They can not. "
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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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" I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does. "
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" I've never been a mean person. "
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" I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest. "
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" People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how you feel about yourself, take a look at your environment. "
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" My first album is playful. "
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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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" Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it. "
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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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" So many people are like, 'I'm perfect.' I'm so imperfect; that's why I'm able to let everything out and let people see everything. 'Cause I'm just a mess like every other person that's a mess out there. "
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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. "
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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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" If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. "
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" It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary. "
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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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