"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!"
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"I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash."
"God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people."
"Paradise is a state of mind."
"You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on."
"I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was."
"It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do."
"I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!"
"I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them."
"I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow."
"Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you."
"Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills."
"After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her."
"I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape."
"I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me."
"I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!'"
"Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor."
"Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book."
"The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it."
"I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets."