I feel like I’m in such an incredible place in my life right now, and there’s definitely those personal songs on the album and especially my concerts, i break down the songs and I tell everyone what they’re about, so that’s where I get really personal and that’s where I open up.

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I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.

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Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.

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Confidence is what makes you stand out.

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If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

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In life, when you are faced with an unfortunate circumstance, there’s no book, there’s no guide, there’s no right answer on how to get to the other side. You just sort of wake up one day and you have two paths in front of you, one where you go up and one where you can fall, and choosing the path to rise is most certainly not the easy path but it’s the brave one.

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I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

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You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.

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I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.

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Nobody should be entirely defined by one thing

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I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

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I am an unconventional beauty. I grew up in a high school where if you didn't have a nose job and money and if you weren't thin, you weren't cool, popular, beautiful. I was always told that I wasn't pretty enough to be on television.

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We live in a world of self-deprecation, and while it’s healthy to make fun of ourselves from time to time, it bothers me when I see women of all ages belittling their accomplishments because they don’t want to appear boastful or overconfident. You don’t see a lot of guys out there underplaying their strengths or making light of what they’re good at, so why should women? While I get that there’s a fine line between owning your accomplishments and reciting every line of your résumé, there is absolutely no shame in being proud of what you’ve managed to achieve! Own it!

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I don't see anyone as being different than anyone else, whether you're gay or straight or whatever - everyone's the same. That's how I was raised.

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But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.

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Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.

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A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.

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I always knew that I wanted to work and I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actor. I knew that every choice I made would help me get to that point. So the better the choices I made, the more of a chance I would have to get to where I wanted to be.

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I was one of the only girls in my high school that didn't get [a nose job]. And if anybody needed it, I probably did... I'm proud to be on a positive show and to be a voice for girls and say, 'You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.'

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I do have 14 tattoos, but I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat.

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The one thing I find the least romantic is taking a horse and carriage ride. I can't express enough how unhappy these horses are and how much pain and suffering they go through each day. Please do not ride [in horse-drawn carriages]. Take a beautiful walk together with your loved ones instead of bringing more pain to these beautiful animals.

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