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Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.
If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?
I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.
Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.
You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.
The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.
I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.
You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.
You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.
I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.
Add to the world's confusion, we teach our kids rules that we don't adhere to ourselves.
People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.
I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.
I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.
My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.
No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.
I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.
Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.
When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.
I was out once and had wine and I got sick to my stomach, and I vowed I would never drink again.
You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'
I would love to. A dream of mine is to produce films, as well as to produce content for television.
The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.
I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.
Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.
I can feel your body pressed against my body. When you start to poundin', love to feel you throbbin'.
I do want to get married again, and I want to have kids. And this time, I really want to do it right.
I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.
It's very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can't.
I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my car for it.
I'm scared to fall in love, afraid to love so fast, cuz everytime I fall in love, it seems to never last.
That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.
I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.
When I date different guys, I just have to stay away - and not let myself fall. Because if I do, it's over.
People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.
My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no was around I'd kiss the screen.
I'd adopt. And I think that if I'm really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that's God's plan for me.
I like to have a lot of fun. I just don't see myself as being sexy. It's more sass - more attitude - than sex.
My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen.
I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.
There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.
To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.
Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.
Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.
I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.
I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.