Mary J. Blige

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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.

Mary J. Blige

diet

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

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education

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

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family

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

Mary J. Blige

family

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.

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government

I do consider myself part of black history.

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history

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.

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marriage

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

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mom

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

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music

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.

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parenting

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