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" My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. "

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" It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this. "

" You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 auditioned just for fun. "

" It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I did get a degree in special education. "

" I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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