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" I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people. "
Clay Aiken
Had
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old. "
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" 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. "
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" I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know? "
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" 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. "
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" In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people. "
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" I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch. "
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" I auditioned just for fun. "
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" I don't really feel like I have anybody to answer to but myself and God and the people I love. "
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" I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make! "
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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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Teacher
" 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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Business
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" 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. "
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Hide
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" It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this. "
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" Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them. "
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" You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you. "
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You
" It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence. "
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Influence
" I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do. "
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" I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me. "
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" 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. "
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" While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support. "
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Everyone
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" 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. "
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