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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 don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself. "

" I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it. "

" When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. "

" I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that. "

" Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way. "

" I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other; we have fun together - it's great. "

" Two hurt people can not help each other. They can not. "

" Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial! "

" 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. "

" When you wake up and learn to love yourself and want to take care of yourself, things are harder because people don't like the idea of it. But when you get in trouble, it gives people things to talk about. "

" When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period. "

" It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile. "

" 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. "

" This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you. "

" I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. "

" There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. "

" When life is real, it's not going to be smooth. "

" You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences. "

" If I'm going to be the best in what I do, I have to study what I'm doing, I have to see what I'm doing. I have to see it, I have to hear it. I'm just starting to appreciate myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now. "

" If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. "

" 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. "

" I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. "

" 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.' "

" The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant. "

" 'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base. "

" When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing. "

" I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper. "

" 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.' "

" If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost. "

" When I was little, like 7 to 15, there was nothing I wanted to do but go to church and go to school. "