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1. I'm kind of a good girl
- and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and
respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal
in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories
in my music do.
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2. I got this Jesus tattoo
on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of
me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'Remember where
you came from.'
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3. Honey, I am the chief of
my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room.
The KP train is fun.
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4. I fall in love every
time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.
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5. I like to go out there
looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who
goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.
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6. People don't want just
vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do
what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.
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7. For a modern woman it is
important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that
it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.
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8. I unfortunately still
crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.
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9. Ever since I was younger
I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that
happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished
for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are
ready to snatch it up.
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10. I didn't have a
childhood.
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11. I don't need the Prince
Charming to have my own happy ending.
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12. I feel really blessed
because of where I come from.
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13. I love those
documentaries where everyone is fabulous and always perfect.
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14. I'm happy, I'm in a good
place, I'm looking forward to my future.
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15. People always ask me,
'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what
I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully,
hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better
choices.
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16. People love the idea of
a good girl gone bad, thinking that my parents were so strict and disowned me,
but that actually wasn't the case. Even though they don't necessarily agree
with some of the things I do, they love me as their daughter. That's always
been their perspective.
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17. Sometimes if you want to
achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every
once in a while.
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18. At my second record
label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the
chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating.
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19. Even if you actually
have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's
hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.
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20. Everyone related to me
in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities.
All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to
the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.
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21. Fame is, I think, just a
disgusting by-product of what I do.
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22. Find out what your gift
is and nurture it.
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23. Hollywood is so fake and
people need to realize that people are just people, and you, too, don't need to
be born into something or have money or have whatever product someone is hawking
on you.
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24. Honesty has always
worked for me.
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25. I am so grateful for all
the love and support I've had from people around the world.
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26. I came from a different
mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed.
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27. I came from a lot of
intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a
human.
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28. I can't be the candy
queen forever.
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29. I can't just be the girl
who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.
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30. I come from a very
non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.
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31. I don't care what people
say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People
are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback
from my music.
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32. I don't feel like I'm
very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.
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33. I don't follow trends.
I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I
call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'
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34. I don't have a Kate Moss
body, but I'm very proud and happy with mine.
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35. I don't want to be above
my audience; I want to be one with my audience.
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36. I don't want to
completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I
definitely want to take some chances as I always have.
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37. I gave myself until I
turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a
nice husband.
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38. I get a lot of the ideas
when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done
on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best
ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.
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39. I got a fantastic person
to work me out and get me into really good shape.
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40. I grew up not really
having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends
now is a really cool bonus.
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41. I have a lot of
ambition.
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42. I have a second chance
on life.
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43. I have always been the
kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I
was always like 'why?'
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44. I have multipersonality
disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices.
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45. I have multipersonality
disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices.
When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von
Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated.
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46. I just feel like I have
this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!'
That drive can't be held down.
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47. I just have so much love
for my record label.
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48. I just like having fun.
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49. I just like having fun.
And, you know, sometimes I just like to present myself in that fun energy.
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50. I just want to make it
very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for
everything!
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51. I like a good boy, but
sometimes you get bored.
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52. I love what I do, and
when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change.
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53. I never live in the
present. I'd do interviews and people will say,'Isn't this great?' or 'Can you
believe?' And I would react, like, 'No, I can't believe it because I'm not
living in this moment.'
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54. I never want to be just
one thing - I want to be multidimensional.
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55. I pray for humility,
honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.
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56. I really like to look like
a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes
I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.
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57. I sacrifice in my love
life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years.
This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang
'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.
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58. I still believe in love,
most definitely.
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59. I still believe in love,
most definitely. I'm just going to let that take the lead.
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60. I still have a spiritual
base and a spiritual foundation.
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61. I still have a spiritual
base and a spiritual foundation. And my conversation with God is very open-ended.
I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this
world.
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62. I still want to be as
approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying,
I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'
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63. I still want to make a
pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to
make people move a little bit more.
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64. I think it's great to
dress up and play on all the girly features.
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65. I think people
appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is
cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write,
whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.
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66. I think sometimes when
children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I
don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me.
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67. I think sometimes when
children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I
don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We
agree to disagree.
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68. I think that you should
definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is
not the real world.
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69. I think we're all
blessed with gifts and I was lucky I just found out what mine was early on and
have planted that seed and tried to water it every day.
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70. I want to sell out arenas
and sell millions of records.
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71. I wanted to be that
quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.
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72. I was a hop-around. I
hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny
kids.
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73. I was never really
attached to a clique, and I wanted to be in all the different groups; I was
never a one-group kind of person. I think that's still part of my personality
today.
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74. I write my songs because
I've lived them.
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75. I'd never devote a whole
record to heartbreak.
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76. I'll continue to try and
balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even
if it's difficult.
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77. I'm a good girl because
I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.
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78. I'm a woman who likes to
be courted - strongly.
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79. I'm competitive with
myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only
trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot
forward.
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80. I'm either going to go
completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.
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81. I'm every woman. It takes
a village to make me who I am.
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82. I'm going to let love
lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's
kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it.
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83. I'm kind of a more
sunshiny person myself.
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84. I'm not defined by where
I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along
with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm
happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.
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85. I'm not going to be
everything to everyone.
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86. I'm okay if everything
is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's
not good.
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87. I'm okay with having bad
dance moves.
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88. I'm okay with having bad
dance moves. I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. That's what makes me
me, and for some reason it's worked out all right.
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89. I'm okay with having
horrible lower teeth.
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90. I'm on this
extraordinary adventure, and if I have no one to talk to at the end of the
night, I feel lonely.
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91. I'm really critical of
my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone
should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going
out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.
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92. I'm still driving along
on the pop freeway of life. Thinking even further into the future, I definitely
want to make an acoustic record. I want to try lots of different things.
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93. I've actually always
wanted to make something like an acoustic record.
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94. I've always been
ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.
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95. I've done a lot of bad
things. Use your imagination.
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96. I've lived such a great,
fantastic life already, but there's still so much more.
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97. If people want a role
model, they can have Miley Cyrus.
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98. If you like my music,
great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.
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99. If you're presenting
yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.
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100.
It
was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like
it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success
they had.
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101.My career is like an artichoke.
People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and
they don't even know that there's something magical hidden at the base of it.
There's a whole other side of me that people didn't know existed.
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102.
My
dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at
church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.
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103.
My
parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.
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104.
My
parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a
world outside.
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105.
My
personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.
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106.
My
singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my
main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of
fitting jobs around them.
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107.
My
whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can
really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that
happiness is ignorance.
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108.
Not
to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America -
especially as a female.
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109.
Oh,
I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like
if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I
hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the
way I write.
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110.One thing I can't do,
and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is
climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and
arms.
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111. Santa Barbara is my
hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I
claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried
there.
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112. The media tried to
destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's
not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it
passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't
necessarily sign up for this.
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113. The press is just not
your friend when it comes to a marriage. That's why we didn't sell the pictures
of our wedding, and we got offered millions of dollars for them, millions.
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114. There are a lot of
things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup
and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to
show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams.
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115. There are a lot of
things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup
and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to
show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams.
Because nobody relates to being perfect.
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116. There are times I go out
and meet people and flirt, but it's not really appropriate to have anything
serious.
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117. Touring is always
important to me. It's like a big IOU to my fans, because I know they are the
reason I exist.
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118.Unfortunately, I think a
lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic
involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don't do
anything.
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119. When I decide to become
a mother I will just be that. That will be really important to me.
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120.
When
I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style
because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.
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121. When I was 13, I asked
for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.
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122.With songs, I've always
pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.
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123.You have to spend a lot
to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.
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124.You look at someone like
Beyonce singing 'Single Ladies,' when we all know she's married. Some of it is
just for entertainment.
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