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Any Business You Go Into, You Have To Think About How Much Money You Are Willing To Put Into It, And How Much You Are Not.

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Any Business You Go Into, You Have To Think About How Much Money You Are Willing To Put Into It, And How Much You Are Not.

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I Have Had Some Cosmetic Surgery, Especially After I Lost Weight And Stuff, And I've Had My Breasts Lifted - But Not Injected. That Would Scare Me To Death, Anyway.

You'll Pay The Highest Price On Back Roads And In Back Seats And In A Cheap Highway Motel. But What's A Few More Strangers In A Life Of Nothing Else.

I Don't Think I'm Supposed To Boss Other People Around Just Because I'm A So-called Celebrity Or Star. I Hate That When People Act That Way. No One Deserves It. I've Seen It Happen. I Don't Call Those People Out - They Know Who They Are. Some Enjoy That Reputation.

Writing's Just As Natural To Me As Getting Up And Cooking Breakfast.

I Think That I Know The Value Of A Dollar.

I Can't Do Nothing Just A Little.

I Want To Be Like One Of Those Little Fainting Goats That Get Scared And Then Just Fall Over. I Want To Go And Go And Then Drop Dead In The Middle Of Something I'm Loving To Do. And If That Doesn't Happen, If I Wind Up Sitting In A Wheelchair, At Least I'll Have My High Heels On.

I Don't Trust Anyone Who Does Their Own Hair. I Don't Think It's Natural.

Oh, I Can Spot A Phoney A Mile Away.

I Usually Get Up At 3 A.m. I Don't Require A Lot Of Sleep, And If I Get Tired, I'll Take A Powernap During The Day.

I Was Not A Natural Beauty, And I Always Wanted To Be Pretty. I Just Have Such An Outgoing Personality That It's Fitting That I Would Be Overdone.

I've Used My Femininity And My Sexuality As A Weapon And A Tool... But That's Just Natural.

Nobody Can Ever Make Enough Money For As Many Poor Relatives As I've Got. Somebody's Got A Sick Kid, Or Somebody Needs An Operation, Somebody Ain't Got This, Somebody Ain't Got That. Or To Give The Kids All A Car When They Graduate.

Sometimes When I'm Under Pressure, If I Think Somebody Is Expecting Stuff From Me, I'll Do Better Than If I Was Just Left On My Own. I Can Sit Down - I'm A Skilled Writer, I've Been Doing It All My Life - And I Can Get Down To It.

Goodbye- Please Don't Cry/we Both Know That I'm Not What You Need. But I Will Always Love You.

When I Sit Back In My Rocking Chair Someday, I Want To Be Able To Say I've Done It All.

I Know The Struggles Of Poor People, And Have Always Kept That With Me.

I've... Been Accused Of Being Involved With Every Man I'm Ever Seen With Or Worked With. Maybe I Have, Maybe I Ain't. I Never Tell If I Have.

I Thank God For My Failures. Maybe Not At The Time But After Some Reflection. I Never Feel Like A Failure Just Because Something I Tried Has Failed.

I Used To Always Sit In Church Looking Out The Windows At The Boys, Wondering If I Could Make An Excuse To Go Out And, You Know, Go To The Bathroom Because All The Outdoor Toilets. But Anyhow, I Was Only Going Out To See The Boys.

My Grandfather Was A Pentecostal Preacher. It Was A Sin To Even Pluck Your Eyebrows, And They Thought It Was A Sin For Me To Be There Looking Like Jezebel.

I Think I Became More Productive Through Not Having Children. I Never Really Had The Desire To Have Them. My Husband Didn't Want Them Either, So It Worked Out Well.

I Hated School. Even To This Day, When I See A School Bus It's Just Depressing To Me. The Poor Little Kids.

I Modelled My Looks On The Town Tramp.

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