Mary J. Blige Quotes

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Mary J. Blige

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 11, 1971

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

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

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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.

Mary J. Blige

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.

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I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet.

Mary J. Blige

I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.

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