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" I've never been a mean person. "

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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. "

" I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms. "

" 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. "

" 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'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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" 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. "

" I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children. "

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

" My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest. "

" You know a lot, but you don't know everything. "

" I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it. "

" 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. "

" I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people. "

" 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. "

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

" When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself. "

" 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. "

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" I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done. "

" I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection. "

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" I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. "