#if

A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#chose #clear #diagnosis #frustrating #having

Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#differently #everyone #who

If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#cuba #get #go #man #married

I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#bad #care #does #else #even

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#ashamed #beautiful #being #being beautiful #dropping

I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#crying #does #each #else #even

There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#life #life is too short #short #time #too

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#coming #i #life #look #my life

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

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#every #every day #fills #gentle #happy