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Portrait of Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

(1971) Entrepreneur United States

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Mary J. Blige is an entrepreneur from the United States, best known for Mary J. Blige - Reflections (A Retrospective).

Quick Facts About Mary J. Blige

Born: January 11, 1971
Nationality: United States
Profession: Entrepreneur
Notable works: Mary J. Blige - Reflections (A Retrospective)

About Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Often referred to by the honorifics "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Queen of R&B", her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, twelve NAACP Image Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards, including the Billboard Icon Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Time 100 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Mary J. Blige

It's OK showing yourself some love

Love

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Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

Belief in yourself

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

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I just love food, period.

Food

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We are all just a work in progress.

Growth

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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

Dreams

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I've never been a mean person.

Been

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I do consider myself part of black history.

Black

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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.

Best things

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It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

Blood

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

Life

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For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself

First time

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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

Album

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

Anger

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

Ignorant

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I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

Education

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I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of…

Beautiful

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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…

About

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I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can…

Business

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Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

Better than you

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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…

Child of god

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If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

Able

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My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the…

Bling

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I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match…

Color

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I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if…

Band

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If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking…

Direct

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I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter…

Fans

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When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People…

Choice

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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…

Able

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I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington.…

Believe

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Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their…

Being positive

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I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to…

Business

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My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial…

Doubt

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The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. You have to look like her;…

Fashion

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Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it.

Frown

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Larry David makes me laugh.

Larry

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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

Rapper

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My first album is playful.

Album

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

Life

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“your circumstances do not make you who you are!”

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Mary J. Blige by topic

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