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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#aretha #aretha franklin #child #depressed #franklin

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives. ↗

— Raoul Dufy

#arrives #aside #cast #creation #down

I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important, too. If you don't have anybody around who loves you, then what's it all for? You're just lonely in the end. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#around #end #good #good work #having

Adopted pets are the best pets you can have. Most adoptable pets come from loving homes that simply cannot care for them anymore. Or, they are strays who've been on their own without the loving care they deserve. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#anymore #been #best #cannot #care

I think Paul Newman had an amazing career. I also love what Tom Hanks has done. He has always made very grounded movies that have something to say. He has found a way to make blockbusters that are about something and that is what I want to do. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#also #always #amazing #blockbusters #career

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #being #challenging #find #identity

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #keep #made #once #says

Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#capitalism #economy #future #government #i

My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#family #five #generations #lineage #made

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

#because #feel #feel good #good #i