There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.
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Related In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works fo... SONAKSHI SINHA All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams,' but it's not a perfect wo... STEPHEN COLLETTI We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. ... BEN SAVAGE I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever a... ELIZABETH GILBERT I love my job. But I like to have fun at work. So I don't get finicky if one strand of hair is s... SONAKSHI SINHA Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON After you leave a show - any show, but for me especially after 'Breaking Bad' - you hope for... BETSY BRANDT How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to conta... RAY CHARLES Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's ... A.J. STYLES It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfw... COLLEEN HASKELL Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly matched, genetically engineered belly-t... ELIZABETH GILBERT I've learned a lot just being around LeBron. People say things about him all the time, but he wo... BEN SIMMONS So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfec... HALSEY I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might... GRACE JONES When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a ... ATO ESSANDOH I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfec... IRINA SHAYK There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. Y... DAVE CHAPPELLE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lu... CRAIG ROBINSON Some of my fans don't really like it when I respond to people who say things that are trying to ... RICKIE FOWLER People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you... CANDY CROWLEY I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me... BELLA THORNE All the way on the West Coast, never having seen a Broadway show, it was like, 'They don't w... DAVEED DIGGS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I know I probably have a lot of rage in me that I don't show. But I'm not about to wallow in... JULIE ANDREWS I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes ... MELANIE LYNSKEY 'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam c... ZACHARY KNIGHTON I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help ... RALPH HALL I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being... RYAN GOSLING I like being boring to a certain extent. I don't have to be flashy. I get to put all of that int... STEPHEN COLBERT It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singe... NAIMA ADEDAPO My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, mea... GARRY SHANDLING I don't make an effort to be sloppy. I just don't consider a perfect hairdo and a perfect fa... JULIETTE LEWIS The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's jus... ANGELINA JOLIE I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't... AASIF MANDVI There is no pathway for female GB road cyclists, but at the same time, if you are wanting to be the ... LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you... JAMES CORDEN And then I went to 'Dawson's Creek,' which is a show that was, for better or for worse, ... BUSY PHILIPPS I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I do... JUDI DENCH To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No l... YUKIHIRO MATSUMOTO To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Two people who I think have the world's most perfect skin are Cate Blanchett and Kate Bosworth. ... SOPHIA BUSH For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot ... BRANTLEY GILBERT The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a cer... CHRIS PINE I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a ... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperf... MILEY CYRUS My thing is, I don't get in nobody's business or nothing like that or try to bash anybody fo... WARREN G When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half o... DAMON LINDELOF You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion tha... BEAR GRYLLS There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the a... MICHAEL FASSBENDER The thing that you think is imperfect about you is the thing that makes you who you are. It separate... TERRY CREWS Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of w... BRYAN BATT I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself real... TEDDY SEARS I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconsc... GOTYE Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's ol... BECKY G One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly gro... TOMMY HILFIGER It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in gene... RYAN REYNOLDS It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show... ETHAN COEN I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in m... ELIJAH KELLEY A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it... RANDY HARRISON I constantly have anxiety about being the lead of the show. I don't talk about it because it sca... ERICA DURANCE Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dream... NICK CANNON I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that ... SONIA RYKIEL To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists t... ALAN JACKSON I think certainly that looking for love is a big part of the show, but I think that if - there's... DARREN STAR Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stag... NORAH JONES I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny... MADDIE ZIEGLER I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it'... MAXINE WATERS For a while now I've had this feeling that there's something that I'm supposed to be doi... EMMA CAULFIELD You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's imm... ROMAN POLANSKI There's great stuff out there, but I prefer doing a TV show, going to work every day with the sa... PAGET BREWSTER I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just d... PAGET BREWSTER What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, o... VICKI LAWRENCE Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed ... VERONICA ROTH I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because some... KERRY WASHINGTON It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's per... GORDON BETHUNE
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RACHEL PERRY I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating. RACHEL PERRY The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomi... RICK PERRY We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit;... RICK PERRY I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler. PERRY CHRISTIE Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity. RICK PERRY The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the deva... ANNE PERRY I work reasonably hard. Though probably not harder than many people. I work probably eight or nine h... ANNE PERRY I am miles ahead with ideas and excitement in the mind, and that is where it all begins. I feel that... ANNE PERRY Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it s... ANNE PERRY I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my... ANNE PERRY I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks. ANNE PERRY I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of pe... ANNE PERRY Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well pr... ANNE PERRY Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class... ANNE PERRY If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always &... TYLER PERRY Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future g... RICK PERRY There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But th... RICK PERRY The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the m... WILLIAM PERRY I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amo... TYLER PERRY You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God. TYLER PERRY It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If ... TYLER PERRY ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit ra... ANNE PERRY That she's the worst driver in the history of drivers. If I know she's going somewhere, I stay home.... MATTHEW PERRY ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit r... ANNE PERRY Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come. PERRY PAXTON Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come. PERRY PAXTON The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round. GAYLORD PERRY But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air... RICK PERRY My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner... JOE PERRY