The truth is, everything that’s happened was supposed to happen. That doesn’t mean I don’t look back and think, God, I wish I hadn’t had to go through some of those things.
JENNIFER LOPEZYou’ve gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can’t forget to take care of ourselves.
More Jennifer Lopez Quotes
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Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.
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I honestly wear myself out walking around, fixing this and fixing that. Maybe that’s why I like to work so much – so I can just get to that moment where I’m like, “Whoa.” I have to be super tired and knocked out to stop!
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When I was in my 20s I wasn’t sure of myself. Now I can really stretch. I don’t have to stay in the box. At this point I can say to myself, So what if I fall, so what? I’m going to get back up.
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You’ve gotta do things that make you happy.
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I’m very comfortable with being productive. I like doing things, and I like creating things. As far as being powerful, I guess I’m comfortable with it. It’s not really how I think of myself.
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By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.
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The media – they want to rush everything. They want to give their seedy opinions without knowing all the facts.
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You can’t let the fear of what people might say or think stop you from doing what you want to do or else we would never do anything.
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You’ve gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can’t forget to take care of ourselves.
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It’s a shame to call somebody a ‘diva’ simply because they work harder than everybody else.
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I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.
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People used to believe their life-or at least their life as a performer-was over at 28 or some ungodly age! God, when I think of myself back then, I had no idea who I was. I think I’m barely getting that under control now.
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Love to me is someone telling me, ‘I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and if you needed me to I’d jump out of a plane for you.’
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Beauty is only skin deep. I think what’s really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
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I love what I do. I have an insatiable appetite for creating things and wanting to get better at what I do and always growing and never stopping. I don’t know. It’s something I was born with. It’s definitely a drive. It’s a passion, and it’s driven for a love for what I do.
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I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That’s what my life was.
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I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there’ll be no time when I feel I’ve done it all.
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Things don’t always turn out exactly the way you want them to be and you feel disappointed. You are not always going to be the winner. That’s when you have to stop and figure out why things happened the way they did and what you can do to change them.
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You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.
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I have to work, for my soul.
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Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that’s often the most important time to tell it.
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Always follow your heart. Sometimes it’s gonna hurt – but you’re going to be fine.
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If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.
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My mom always told me that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. And it’s true. It’s one of the truest things ever.
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Just because you dress sexy doesn’t mean you’re a bad girl; it just means you know how to dress.
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You have to remember the value of your individuality – that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.
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