Janet Jackson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.”
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“A lot of my friends they call me 'the therapist'. They come to me looking for advice. I must be doing something right because they keep coming back. But I'm not very good at kind of looking into my own world and trying to pick apart what is really wrong and fix those things. I like to kind of shy away from certain issues and turn away.”
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“I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?”
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“Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.”
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“You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.”
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“I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.”
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“You dont have to hold on to the pain, to hold on to the memory.”
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“In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.”
-- Janet JacksonSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.”
-- Janet JacksonSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.”
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“Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.”
-- Janet JacksonSource : "Janet Jackson's Bold New Move". Health Magazine Interview, www.health.com. November 16, 2010.
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“I can't believe people got so upset at the sight of a single breast! America is so parochial, I may just have to move to Europe where people are more mature about things like that!”
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“The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.”
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“I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false.”
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“You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'”
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“Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.”
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“Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.”
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“MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended -- including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.”
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“I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.”
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“I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.”
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“Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to...”
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“People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.”
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“People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.”
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“You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.”
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“There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.”
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“You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.”
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“I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.”
-- Janet JacksonSource : Janet Jackson (2011). “True You”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
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“A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.”
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“In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.”
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“It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.”
-- Janet JacksonSource : Janet Jackson, David Ritz (2011). “True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
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