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" 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. "

Clay Aiken

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" 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. "

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" I auditioned just for fun. "

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

" 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. "

" The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall. "

" 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 did get a degree in special education. "

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

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

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

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

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God

Think

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

" 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. "

Clay Aiken

Glasses

" 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 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 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. "

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Kind

Business

" Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did. "

" Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice. "

" Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity. "

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

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

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Just

" I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. "

" It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do. "