"Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there."
"I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all."
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Source: What planet is she on? by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2002.
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