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" Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them. "

" And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on. "

" And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself. "

" But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much. "

" I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis. "

" I auditioned just for fun. "

" I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that. "

" I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'. "

" I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life. "

" I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people. "

" I did get a degree in special education. "

" I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do. "

" I don't really feel like I have anybody to answer to but myself and God and the people I love. "

" If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. "

" I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything. "

" I had a Spanish teacher in high school. I rarely got in trouble in her room because I felt I was disappointing her if I got a bad grade. That had more power over me than teachers who told me I talked too much. That level of respect I had for her made me not want to fail for her. "

" I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make! "

" I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. "

" I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here. "

" I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model. "

" I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately. "

" I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it. "

" I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show. "

" I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me. "

" In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people. "

" I really love live performing! "

" I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on. "

" It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do. "

" I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act. "

" I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist. "

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