I had my bangs and a high ponytail and Kim had just gotten bangs … I was n’t on a show — nothing. And then all of sudden this herd of paparazziwas chasing me down a street screaming, ‘ Kim ! ’ I did n’t know what was happening, I did n’t know who Kim was, it was n’t untila friend down the road yelled atme, ‘ They think you’re Kim Kardashian ! ’ I was like — what the heck ?

Hannah Simone

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My family’s said to me from the beginning, ‘People are always going to tell you to pick what you want to be when you grow up. You take that and throw it out the window, that’s garbage. People are complicated and we love many things and we’re passionate about many things. You can be a human rights activist and also be doing these comedy plays in your community and that’s OK. All those things are a part of who you are and you can love them equally.

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growing-up rights play

My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.

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growing-up want thinking

We all have our strengths and our failings.

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failing

When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.

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pretending sad breakup

I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.

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war country moving

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

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valentine writing talking

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

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stories song people

Curvy is just a polite way of saying fat.

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curvy fats way

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

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degrees political two

I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.

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greek house thinking

My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.

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me mom change way

I've been on stage since I was nine years old, and I kind of stumbled into the world of hosting. That, to me, was the thing I had to build a skill set for.

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skill me stage world

Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.

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get take you natural

I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.

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close-friends friends family guy

My lashes are so long that if I don't curl them, I'm blind.

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them lashes blind long

I think if you want to be seen as an intelligent woman, you can't be someone who feels empowered and sexy. I just don't understand who makes these rules, and frankly, I'm not interested in them.

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woman think you sexy

Think about it: if the world could see how much adoption means from a cat's point of view, shelters would be empty.

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view see think world

Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.

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physical hard emotional easy

Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.

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weird flirting awkward funny

Take risks! I'm embracing bold prints.

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prints bold risks take