#la

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#anything #because #go #hate #i

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

My first album is playful. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#first #playful

Relationships, if you want them to work, take work. The biggest thing that I learned growing up, and even now, is if it's right, it's worth it. It's just a matter of finding that person you want to be with. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#biggest thing #even #even now #finding #growing

I make a prediction here and now, and, my friends, I want you to watch the proceedings of Congress in these coming weeks of this extra session, or of the next regular session, to see whether I am right or not. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#coming #congress #extra #friends #here

The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#christ #come #covenant #glory #going

I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #never #perfection #place #way

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#i #joe #lasted #over #spent

Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#big #bit #class #country #dad