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" I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair. "

Whitney Houston

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" Loneliness comes with life. "

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" I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be. "

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" What's in your soul is in your soul. "

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" I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do. "

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" My daughter is my greatest inspiration. "

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" I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me. "

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" I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have. "

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" From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it. "

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" I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame. "

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" I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore. "

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" In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad. "

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