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Jennifer Holliday

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[Wikipedia] Jennifer Holliday is an American singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Original Dreamgirl". Holliday began her career as an actress in several Broadway productions. Her signature and breakout role as "Effie White" as well in the original Broadway musical Dreamgirls in 1981, led to num

Quotes by Jennifer Holliday

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also…

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Day

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The gay community has been so faithful and good to me.

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Community

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When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but…

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Great

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Back in the day, if someone at the record label didn't care or like your music, it never got to the public.…

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Back

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Haven't a lot of us just missed at a lot of things and thought that we wouldn't have another chance at it?…

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Another chance

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Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.

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Aretha

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I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with…

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Chance

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Either you can sing, or you can't.

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Either

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If your mind is not willing, everything will go. There's so much great power of our mind that we take for granted,…

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Everything

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I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody…

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Dreams

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For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

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Nature

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Some people run away from things.

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Away

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When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.

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Depression

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The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a…

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I think

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A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We…

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Big picture

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I have been blind. I have been paralyzed. But each day, if I wake up, then I know He's left me here…

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Best

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The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can…

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Clinical depression

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A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't.

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Fans

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I'm quite sure we all have a sweet love song that we dance to or recall from our wedding or something, like…

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Dance

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For a long time, they thought I had lupus, then they thought I had something else. Finally, when I couldn't walk, they…

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Long

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A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We…

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Big picture

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I'm a Broadway baby! So, therefore, I started in the theater.

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Baby

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I know that the music industry has changed, but I'd love it if Adele and John Legend would write me songs.

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Legend

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It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is…

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Business

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I always tell people, 'It'll get greater later' meaning that sometimes we have to pass through whatever it is. We know that…

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Meaning

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