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"I have a temper on me that could hold back tides."
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"I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me."

"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."

"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it."

"We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority."

"I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman."
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"It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white."


"I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female."


"I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more."


"A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour."


"I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving."


"I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed."


"Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation."


"I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out."


"I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious."


"I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!"
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