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When You Know Something Is Wrong For You, You Have To Make Difficult Decisions And Trust Your Instincts.
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When You Know Something Is Wrong For You, You Have To Make Difficult Decisions And Trust Your Instincts.

Understanding the Quote: "when you know something is wrong for you, you have to make..."

This quote by Michael Jackson reflects deeply on the theme of decision. It connects to the universal human journey of purpose, motivation, and reflection. Often categorized under Decision, Instinct, Difficult, the quote offers insight, emotional clarity, and intellectual inspiration to readers worldwide.

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Real
Kids
I Am Going To Say Something I Have Never Said Before And This Is The Truth. I Have No Reason To Lie To You And God Knows I Am Telling The Truth. I Think All My Success And Fame And I Have Wanted It, I Have Wanted It Because I Wanted To Be Loved. That's All. That's The Real Truth.
Real
Lying
Thinking
People Always Say The Abused Abuse And It Is Not True. I Am Totally The Opposite.
Opposites
People
Abuse
People Write Negatives Things, Cause They Feel That's What Sells. Good News To Them, Doesn't Sell.
Writing
People
Negative
Yeah, "wacko Jacko". Where'd That Come From? Some English Tabloid. I Have A Heart And I Have Feelings, I Feel That, When You Do That To Me. It's Not Nice.
Nice
Heart
Feelings
Pierre Bordieu Was Right: "the All Powerful Is He Who Does Not Wait But Makes Others Wait. Absolute Power Is The Power To Make Oneself Unpredictable And Deny Other People Any Reasonable Anticipation, To Place Them In Total Uncertainty By Offering No Scope For Their Capacity To Predict."
Powerful
Offering
People
When You're Strong And Good, Then You're Bad.
Strong
We Are The World, We Are The Children.
Children
Educational
World
Always Appreciate The Gift Of Life! Be Happy And Have Fun!
Fun
Appreciate
Life Is
As A Wise Man Once Said, 'if Not Us, Then Who; If Not Now, Then When?'
Wise
Men
Said
I Say, ‘you Should Blanket Me’ Or ‘you Should Blanket Her’, Meaning Like A Blanket Is A Blessing. It’s A Way Of Showing Love And Caring.
Caring
Blessing
Showing Love
Yeah, They Are Loyal, Women. They Have Been Loyal. They Are Activists. They Will Fight You About Me.
Fighting
Loyal
Yeah
When I Was Five I Was Touring, Singing And Dancing. Always Gone, Always Out Of School.
School
Dancing
Singing
It's A Complete Lie, Why Do People Buy These Papers? It's Not The Truth I'm Here To Say. You Know, Don't Judge A Person, Do Not Pass Judgement, Unless You Have Talked To Them One On One. I Don't Care What The Story Is, Do Not Judge Them Because It Is A Lie.
Lying
People
Judging
Have You Seen My Childhood? I'm Searching For The World That I Came From Cause I've Been Looking Around In The Lost And Found Of My Heart.
Heart
Childhood
Insanity
Your Cameras Can't Control The Minds Of Those Who Know, That You'll Even Sell Your Soul Just To Get A Story Sold.
Art
Media
Soul
Insult Me All You Want. Judge Me As Much As You Want. Say What You Think, Everything You Want. But One Thing. Dont Touch My Fans.
Thinking
Judging
Fans
We Must Wave Our Banners Even Higher And Belt Out Our Voices Even Stronger And Be Unified As People. We're Going To Make It Through This!
Voice
People
Stronger
Music Is Colorless. It's For Everybody, It's For The World, It's For Everybody To Enjoy.
World
Enjoy
Music Is
Well Brooke, I've Always Liked Her, And When I Was Little I Used To Stay With Diana Ross, Me And My Brothers Stayed With Her For Years And I Never Said, But I Always Had A Crush On Her.
Crush
Brother
Years
My Fans Are Activists They Will Fight With You To Defend Me.
Fighting
Fans
Activist
We Can Program Ourselves To Be The Person We Want To Be, Whatever The Subject Matter Is, Live In It By A Mental Physical Program - A System Of Learning And Doing. Studying All The Greats In That Field And Becoming Greater. I Believe We Are Powerful, But We Don't Use Our Minds To Full Capacity. Your Mind Is Powerful Enough To Help You Attain Whatever You Want.
Powerful
Believe
Mind
Music Is My Contribution To Life. I Have My Heart In It.
Heart
My Heart
Music Is
I Am Always Writing A Potpourri Of Music. I Want To Give The World Escapism Through The Wonder Of Great Music And To Reach The Masses.
Writing
Giving
World
My Deepest Gratitude To The Creator For His Gift To Me...the Joy I Receive In Creating My Music.
Gratitude
Creating
Joy
I Believe In My Heart That The Music Community Will Come Together As One And Rally To The Aid Of Thousands Of Innocent Victims, ... There Is A Tremendous Need For Relief Dollars Right Now And Through This Effort Each One Of Us Can Play An Immediate Role In Helping Comfort So Many People.
Believe
Heart
Play
I See God In The Face Of Children. If There Were No Children On This Earth, If Somebody Announced That All Kids Are Dead, I Would Jump Off The Balcony Immediately. I'm Done.
Children
Kids
Done
No Matter What Age You Are, If You Have It And You Know It, Then People Should Listen To You.
People
Age
Matter
A Song Is A Mantra, Something You Repeat Over And Over. We Need Peace, We Need Giving, We Need Love, We Need Unity. I Want The Whole World To Sing This Song.
Music
Song
Giving
God Has Always Been In My Heart And A Part Of My Life And My Familys Lives. It Is Through Him That We Draw Our Strength.
Heart
My Heart
Draws
To Live Is To Be Musical, Starting With The Blood Dancing In Your Veins. Everything Living Has A Rhythm. Do You Feel Your Music?
Motivational
Dance
Blood
Success Definitely Brings On Loneliness. People Think You're Lucky, That You Have Everything. They Think You Can Go Anywhere And Do Anything, But That's Not The Point. One Hungers For The Basic Stuff.
Loneliness
Thinking
People
If You Don't Have That Memory Of Being Loved, You Are Condemned To Search The World For Something To Fill You Up.
Memories
World
Ifs
I'm Never Satisfied With What I Do. I Always Think I Can Do It A Lot Better.
Inspirational
Thinking
African American
Whatever You See Me Do Is Spontaneous Reactions On Stage. It's Nothing Planned. It's Nothing That I Got In The Room And Tried To Think Of Hard. It Just Happens Through Feeling.
Thinking
Feelings
Rooms
I Know Who I Am Inside And Outside, And I Know What I Want To Do. And I Will Always Go With My Dreams.
Dream
Who I Am
Want
Beer May Cause You To Digress - And Lead A Happier Life.
Funny
Beer
May
I Love Great Music - It Has No Color, It Has No Boundaries.
Color
Great Music
Boundaries
I Just Can't Conceive Of How A Person Could Hate Another Because Of Skin Color. I Love Every Race On The Planet Earth.
Hate
Race
Skin Color
When The World Is On Your Shoulder, Got To Straighten Up Your Act And Boogie Down.
Advice
World
Boogie
Music Is A Mantra That Soothes The Soul...something Our Body Has To Have. It's Important To Understand The Power Of Music.
Soul
Important
Body
With Two Children Of My Own, I Know What It Means To Balance The Demands Of Family And Career - And Let's Not Even Talk About Finding A Date For Myself. Rabbi Shmuley Keeps Telling Me He'll Find Me The Perfect Woman. My Response Is, 'as Long As She's Not A Journalist'.
Children
Mean
Careers
I Am A Slave To The Rhythm. I Am A Palette. I Just Go With The Moment. You've Got To Do It That Way Because If You're Thinking, You're Dead. Performing Is Not About Thinking; It's About Feeling.
Thinking
Feelings
Way
I Am Peter Pan. He Represents Youth, Childhood, Never Growing Up, Magic, Flying.
Education
Laughter
Growing Up
Deep Inside I Feel That This World We Live In Is Really A Big, Huge, Monumental Symphonic Orchestra. I Believe That In Its Primordial Form All Of Creation Is Sound And That It's Not Just Random Sound, That It's Music. You've Heard The Expression, Music Of The Spheres? Well, That's A Very Literal Phrase. In The Gospels, We Read, "and The Lord God Made Man From The Dust Of The Earth And Breathed Into His Nostrils The Breath Of Life And Man Became A Living Soul." That 'breath Of Life' To Me Is The Music Of Life And It Permeates Every Fiber Of Creation.
Believe
Men
Dust
Nothing's Real ,but All Is Possible If God Is On My Side
Real
Sides
Ifs
I Would Like To Understand My Father.
Father
How Does It Feel When You're Alone And You're Cold Inside
Doe
Cold
Feels
Wherever You Go, Man-made Things Are Man-made, But You’ve Got To Get Out And See God’s Beauty Of The World.
Inspirational
Life
Beauty
Not The Stars, Not The Farthest Solar Systems, Not The Millions Of Different Species Of Animal Life, But The Child Is The Greatest Of God's Creations.
Stars
Children
Animal
There's Nothing That Can't Be Done If We Raise Our Voice As One.
Voice
Done
Raises
Dancers Come And Go In The Twinkling Of An Eye, But The Dance Lives On.
Eye
Dancer
Twinkling
I See God Through My Children. I Speak To God Through My Children. I Am Humbled For The Blessings He Has Given Me.
Children
Blessing
Speak
Escapism- That's What I Like. I'm Not So Crazy About The Reality Of Everything.
Crazy
Reality
Escapism
I Love John Travolta, Who Came Off That Kotter Show. Nobody Knew He Could Dance Or Do All Of Those Things. He Is Like - Boom. Before He Knew It, He Was The Next Big Brando Or Something.
Next
Bigs
Shows
I Wrote A Book Called ‘dancing The Dream’. It Was More Autobiographical Than Moonwalk, Which I Did With Mrs. Onassis. It Wasn’t Full Of Gossip And Scandal And All That Trash That People Write, So I Don’t Think People Paid Much Attention To It, But It Came From My Heart. It Was Essays, Thoughts And Things That I’ve Thought About While On Tour
Dream
Book
Writing
Oh, No, I Think I'd Die On My Own. I'd Be So Lonely. Even At Home, I'm Lonely. I Sit In My Room And Sometimes Cry. It Is So Hard To Make Friends, And There Are Some Things You Can't Talk To Your Parents Or Family About. I Sometimes Walk Around The Neighborhood At Night, Just Hoping To Find Someone To Talk To. But I Just End Up Coming Home.
Lonely
Home
Night
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