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" Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist. "
Keala Settle
Sometimes
Because
My Own
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" I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and I ended up winning a Shakespeare competition. All I had to do was imitate people properly, and I ended up going to the finals when I was about 16. "
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