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" 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! "

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" 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

Knowledge

Education

Power

" Believe in yourself when nobody else does. "

" My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. "

Mary J. Blige

Block

Who

" I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for. "

" 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

You

Truth

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Mary J. Blige

Myself

Feel Good

" I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot. "

" I just love food, period. "

" Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. "

" I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance. "

" I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up. "

" I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to 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've been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up. "

" 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. "

" I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.' "

" 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. "

" I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy. "

" 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.' "

" Without your health, everything else means nothing. "

" 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. "

" Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends. "

Mary J. Blige

Growing Up

Growing

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

" When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader. "

" When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward. "

" As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday. "

" When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply. "

" 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. "