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When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.

When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.

Approximate author period: c. 1988 AD · modern

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Mary J. Blige
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Approximate author period: c. 1988 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Mary J. Blige, based on documented activity in 1988. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228909 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228909 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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