Selena Gomez Quotes

It's all about baby steps and trying to figure out how to slowly, elegantly become an adult.

- Selena Gomez

Steps, About, Figure, Adult

Sometimes fans for male pop stars or actors can be a little crazy. I was that way with Jesse McCartney and N'Sync.

- Selena Gomez

Stars, Sometimes, Way, Pop Stars

I was obsessed with 'The Wizard of Oz.'

- Selena Gomez

Obsessed, Wizard, Oz, Wizard Of Oz

I'm very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world, and I thought I was going to die if I didn't have him in my life. It was good to cry it out and just scream, or call my friends in the middle of the night crying.

- Selena Gomez

My Life, Through, Very, Crying

I maybe had a first love and had my heart broken, but reflecting on it, I don't think that was love. I think as I'm getting older and having more in-depth relationships, maybe I'll experience it. At the moment, I don't know, exactly, if I've been in love.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Been, I Think, First Love

Every now and then, I deserve to say what I feel.

- Selena Gomez

Deserve, Now, Feel, Now And Then

If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.

- Selena Gomez

Trust, Your, Whole, Luckiest

I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought, 'I want to look like them!'

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Thought, Want, Like, Blond

I did gain weight, but I don't care.

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Gain, Weight, Did, Gain Weight

I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do that.

- Selena Gomez

My Life, Young, Figure, Public Eye

I love getting scared. I find myself putting myself in situations like haunted houses or going to a haunted hospital for my birthday. Yes, I've actually done that.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Birthday, Putting, Haunted

I've been a UNICEF ambassador since I was 17.

- Selena Gomez

Been, Ambassador, Since, UNICEF

I have my moments of insecurity and figuring out what's going on and what I'm supposed to do, but if you don't push yourself, you're not growing, so where do you go?

- Selena Gomez

Push, Go, Going, Figuring

I would try to promote something that I loved, and the entire interview would be about my personal life. I would leave a room feeling defeated, feeling embarrassed, but I would always make sure to put that smile on my face because I wasn't going to let them get to me.

- Selena Gomez

Defeated, Embarrassed, About, Interview

I always have water, tons of water. It's even in my bathroom because I used to be so bad at drinking water, and I want to stay hydrated.

- Selena Gomez

Bad, Always, Drinking, Tons

I love to do three easy things in the morning: I'll wash my face, I usually tone it, and then I'll put a little bit of moisturizer on it - not tons, because I have really oily skin. I don't have specific products I'm obsessed with; I just try different things. That's how I've always been.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Tone, Been, Tons

I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you're with me, or you're not. And that's how I kind of deal.

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Deal, Like, Break, Taking A Break

I want someone who can make me laugh and just be normal and understand my lifestyle and how I wanna live it.

- Selena Gomez

Want, Understand, Normal, Make Me Laugh

I learned everything from that show, so it's just a wonderful memory to me. A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show... I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

- Selena Gomez

Memory, Doing, Fact, Barney

A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

- Selena Gomez

Doing, Fact, Embarrassed, Barney

I love how Pilates makes me feel, like it opens me up. I have the hardest time breathing, weirdly enough. Even when I have conversations, I need to work on my breathing, so it's something I enjoy because it's peaceful and it helps me relax.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Feel, Weirdly, Pilates

I feel like I look 16 sometimes, which is a bummer, because I would love to date older guys.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Date, Which, Older Guys

I love inspiring people, and I love making good music, but I don't stress about it. I don't think I'm ever going to win a Grammy, and I'm OK with that.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Stress, Think, OK

I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.

- Selena Gomez

Through, Been, Diagnosed, Chemotherapy

I don't really have a structured path of wanting to say, 'This is what I'll do next.' I'm just going to read a bunch of scripts and see which one I love. There are so many things I would love to play, in all different genres.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Play, Next, Scripts

My attention span is all over the place, and I overthink things. I'm an insomniac.

- Selena Gomez

Attention, Over, Things, Attention Span

I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time with my hair in a ponytail.

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Dress, Think, Some, Ponytail

I just try to make my home everywhere I go as much as I possibly can.

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Try, Go, Everywhere, Possibly

I like to find things that are unconventional and make them look classic, because if I'm forcing something, you can just tell.

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Tell, Like, Them, Unconventional

I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one.

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Ring, Some, I Think, Hey

I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Song, Album, None

I love Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Katy Perry. They are all about being themselves and I love that.

- Selena Gomez

Love, About, Being, None

My happiness is not dictated on this business. Once I realized that, everything kind of changed.

- Selena Gomez

Business, Happiness, Once, Dictated

You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

- Selena Gomez

My Life, Used, Reasons, Wow

I'm a kid, and a breakup is normal. I have to go through the emotions and feel it out.

- Selena Gomez

Emotions, Through, Normal, Breakup

I would deactivate every single comment on any social media. You should be able to post what you want, say what you want, be what you want without anybody judging you.

- Selena Gomez

Want, Social, Anybody, Social Media

The kids are fixing their eyes on social media, and the stories they're looking at may not be the most important things. I'm guilty of that, too. Do you want to look at Instagram or the news? It's a difficult, and weird, situation.

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Eyes, Media, Instagram, Social Media

It's so disappointing that I've become a tabloid story.

- Selena Gomez

Story, Become, Tabloid, Disappointing

I love being able to work with other artists I admire, but I have a lot to do on my own before I am willing to make it all about embracing other people.

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Love, Other, Before, Embracing

I'm going to try to pull a Natalie Portman. Natalie went to Harvard while shooting 'Star Wars'. I don't know how she did it. I want to have lunch with her and ask her - that seems like a bunch of stress right there.

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Lunch, Shooting, While, Natalie

Nobody really knows everything, and they can only assume.

- Selena Gomez

Nobody, Everything, Only, Assume

My past seems to be way more fascinating for people than my future, which bums me out.

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Past, More, Which, Bums

It'd be really nice to sit down with all the people who have hurt me and tell them all the reasons that they've affected me.

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Tell, Reasons, Them, Sit

This is a very superficial job. I sit in a chair for two hours and get hair and makeup done and talk about myself in interviews. That's a very vain thing to do. And I do get caught up in it sometimes.

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Makeup, Caught, Very, Sit

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

- Selena Gomez

Surround Yourself, Cliche, Surround

Singing songs that represent everything I am is just the best feeling in the world.

- Selena Gomez

I Am, Singing, World, Represent

I've learned that I want what I deny. I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess. I want the picture-perfect fairy tale stuff.

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Like, Deny, Learned, Fairy

My perfect guy wears converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool.

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Dating, Worry, Laid, Converse

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

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Maybe, Gotten, Learned, Open

I think I take my job seriously, but I enjoy my life and I enjoy my friends, and I never really allowed myself to do that before. So I just kind of want to party with everyone.

- Selena Gomez

My Life, Think, I Think, Party

Everywhere you go you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true.

- Selena Gomez

Learn, Go, Say, Camera

I believe in love - yes, I'm one of those girls. Most of my friends believe in love.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Believe, Yes, I Believe

I believe in second chances, but I don't believe in third or fourth chances.

- Selena Gomez

Chances, Second Chances, I Believe

Every day, I start with a workout; I do vocal lessons, I do piano lessons.

- Selena Gomez

Piano, Piano Lessons, Lessons

Acting is something I work really, really hard on that I throw myself into a situation where I do work 18 hours a day. And I do hope to see longevity.

- Selena Gomez

Work, Myself, Hours, Longevity

The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I'm a pop star; I sing songs, do movies. I like to feel sexy and confident on stage.

- Selena Gomez

Think, Star, Like, Pop Star

It's insane how much press my Instagram will get. It's weird, in a way, that I can dictate the agenda - but I love being able to have a say in all of that.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Will, Say, Agenda

I've discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.

- Selena Gomez

Discovered, Side, Which, Panic

I'm in love with love and totally believe in marriage, but that's not even on my radar right now. I am not putting energy into dating.

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Love, Believe, Putting, Radar

I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Think, Blind, Love Is

There's such an emphasis on people being the perfect thing and then destroying them because it's good press.

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Perfect, Them, Being, Destroying

Being cool, having a 'cool' energy is just not attractive to me.

- Selena Gomez

Cool, Attractive, Having, Energy

I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to.

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My Life, Wonderful, Tell, Collectively

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.

- Selena Gomez

Nothing, Success Is, Gonna, Right People

I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

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Other, Very, Polite, Family And Friends

Disney is a machine, and I'm grateful for it, but I feel like being part of that environment made me crave the reaction from other projects even more.

- Selena Gomez

Grateful, Reaction, Other, Disney

I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.

- Selena Gomez

Woman, Young, Feel, Young Woman

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

- Selena Gomez

Never, Like, Actually, Dates

I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

- Selena Gomez

Inside, More, Everybody, Realize

The day I got my first letter from a fan, I felt like I'd been touched by an angel.

- Selena Gomez

Like, Been, Touched, Letter

Ever since I was 16, I've had this lower register, what I thought was a very manly voice, and I was insecure about that. But once I started acting more, I realized it was an asset, and I didn't want to force myself to aim for the highest note possible.

- Selena Gomez

Voice, Very, Note, Insecure

Egos turn me off, big time.

- Selena Gomez

Me, Big, Big Time, Egos

You can't shut down. You can't say, 'What can I do to make this go away?' You have to let it be painful and get through it. Every day gets better. Because when you're in love, you kind of give everything and make that person your life. So every day, you get more and more of yourself back, and it feels better.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Through, Shut, Painful

My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do it. But if it's not fun for me anymore, and I'm miserable, then I'm going to go back to Texas and quit it all, to be honest.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Doing, Back, To Be Honest

At the end of the day, I have to wash my face. I hate going to bed after a long day not washing my face. It's something I've grown into. When I was younger, I didn't care.

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Bed, Younger, Going, Washing

I can count on one hand the people I could call and who would be there for me.

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Call, Could, Would, Hand

My fans are so important to me, and I would never want to disappoint them.

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Important, Never, Would, Disappoint

You want to do what you love, but stuff overshadows it, so it makes it a little harder for people to take me seriously.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Want, Makes, Harder

People speculate or think what they want to think, but it's been really fun for me to kind of explore what I want to explore.

- Selena Gomez

Explore, Think, Been, Speculate

Most of the time, people say negative things for a reaction, and I can't even bear to give them the satisfaction. So there's something that I gain from feeling like I'm the bigger person, from walking away from a situation.

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Gain, Away, Time People, Situation

I like to have fun. I like to hang out.

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Have Fun, Like, Hang, Fun

Sometimes you have to lie to yourself to get through the criticism, and then you're in your closet crying. It's been like that for me a couple of times, but I only want to learn from those things.

- Selena Gomez

Through, Been, Couple, Crying

I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!

- Selena Gomez

Strength, Happy, Grateful, Hurt

I am Christian, and I was very vocal about that at first until people started using it against me. Now I've learned to keep it to myself. I don't think it has anything to do with my job or how present myself. I feel like it got really twisted.

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Against, Very, Vocal, Present

I have a weakness for anything savory or bad guys. Bad boys.

- Selena Gomez

Bad, Weakness, Bad Guys, Guys

It comes in a moment when I capture something happening, and I go, 'Oh, that would be great for Instagram. I should post it.' I know it's boring, but that's genuinely what I do.

- Selena Gomez

Capture, Go, Genuinely, Happening

One of my favorite album covers is Miguel's 'Wildheart.'

- Selena Gomez

Album, Favorite, Covers

P. Diddy gave me his valet ticket once... because he thought I was the valet lady.

- Selena Gomez

Thought, Once, His, Ticket

I love traveling and touring, but I have to bring the little things that make me feel at home.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Little Things, Bring, Touring

There's nothing wrong with a woman being comfortable, confident.

- Selena Gomez

Woman, Comfortable, Nothing, Wrong

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

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Love, Music, Sure, Band

My strength is translating emotion because I'm such a feeler.

- Selena Gomez

Strength, Emotion, Because, Translating

I drive the same car that I've driven since I was 16. That's who I am.

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Car, I Am, Same, Driven

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.

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Role Model, Want, Role, Happened

I really - I just wanna sing. And I wanna show people that I can sing.

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Sing, Show, Just, Wanna

I don't like hiding. I do like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I'm eighteen, and I'm going to fall in love.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Like, Certain Things, Certain

I've been working since I was 7.

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Working, Been, Since

I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

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End Of The Day, Everybody, Heritage

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

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Think, I Think, Very, Easy

There was certain points shooting 'Spring Breakers' where I wasn't uncomfortable at all, and that let me be free. It allowed me to play with what I love, so that's what I wanted to do with my music.

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Love, Play, Allowed, Points

I talk so much on stage - too much. I always get in trouble. But it's just the best to be able to connect with people.

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Best, Too Much, Always, Trouble

I don't wash my hair every day, which may sound gross, but it's actually really bad for my hair.

- Selena Gomez

May, Which, Gross, Wash

I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to end up working. I'm stressed out most of the time.

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Want, Going, Settled, Pushing

I try to be professional; I try to be on time. I don't take anything I have for granted. That's my definition of success.

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Success, Try, Take, Granted

Authenticity is my life.

- Selena Gomez

Life, My Life, Authenticity

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

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Doing, Perfect, Which, Kids

My family and I want to start our own organization to work on global warming and a couple of other things.

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Work, Other, Couple, Organization

I was a big tomboy.

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Big, Tomboy

For a while, my private life was the most talked about thing.

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Private, Most, Talked, Private Life

I've said a lot of things: I've said I'm never going to date someone in the business and that I'm never going to date someone outside the business.

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Never, Date, Lot, Outside

I love running away for a few months and creating a record.

- Selena Gomez

Love, Running, I Love, Running Away

For me, my music is fun. I don't really take my music that serious.

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Music, Me, Take, Serious

I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family.

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Love, Super, Laid, Laid Back

I feel confident. I feel empowered. I feel in control.

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Control, Confident, Feel, Empowered

I'm learning that you can be comfortable and still look beautiful.

- Selena Gomez

Learning, Beautiful, Still, Comfortable

I used to say that I wanted someone cute and nice, an actor too, so he'd get it. But now I think it would be good for me to date someone who's not in the business.

- Selena Gomez

Think, Date, I Think, Cute

If you are broken,you do not have to stay broken.

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Broken, You, Stay

It's awful walking into a restaurant and having the whole room look at you, knowing what they're saying.

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Restaurant, Having, Awful, Knowing

You fall in love, and it completely consumes you.

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Love, Fall, You, Consumes

One of the most important things for me is my hair. I've always been about my hair, and I love that my mom and my nana taught me how to take care of it myself. It goes through a lot every day, but I try to keep it healthy. I have to admit, it can get a little dead on the ends.

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Love, Through, Been, Important Things

I'm going to hang out with people, and I'm going to explore myself, and I'm okay with that.

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Explore, Going, Hang, Okay

I never know if it's the right choice I'm making. It's always weird going from one place to another.

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Always, Making, Going, Choice

I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.

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Deep, Think, I Think, Healthy

I have a pretty healthy perspective on what my past music was.

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Music, Past, Pretty, Healthy

I want people to really be inspired, to believe they can do whatever they want.

- Selena Gomez

People, Believe, Want, Inspired

I cannot drive very well. I drive slow and very safe. I don't know cars that well.

- Selena Gomez

Slow, Very, Cannot, Safe

I still feel like I'm the girl from Texas.

- Selena Gomez

Feel, Like, Still, Texas

I'm not sure there's a method to my madness.

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Madness, Sure, Method

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

- Selena Gomez

Love, My Life, Doing, Ultimately

My mom would still be mad if I didn't say 'please' and 'thank you.'

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Mom, Say, Still, Please

I usually never sleep in past 10, unless it's the weekend and I had a night out with my friends, because I like to start my day.

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Past, Night, Like, Weekend

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

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Trust, My Life, Want, Balance

I'm not perfect. I make mistakes.

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Mistakes, Perfect, Make, Not Perfect

People are so mean, it's exhausting.

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People, Mean, Exhausting

I like to be adventurous.

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Like, Adventurous

I'm not the best singer - like, I know I'm not Celine Dion.

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Best, Know, Like, Singer

I dress like a 30-year-old woman.

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Woman, Like, Dress

I didn't think I was doing anything bad by falling in love.

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Love, Think, Falling, Anything

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next.

- Selena Gomez

Dancing, Think, Next, Go Away

I'm just happy to do projects I'm passionate about.

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Happy, Passionate, About, Projects

I've never been part of a movie I would watch over and over again, and I'm really proud of it.

- Selena Gomez

Movie, Over, Been, Proud

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

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Precious, Only, Very, Lot

I don't want people to look at me as someone who is just this celebrity person.

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Want, Person, Someone, Celebrity

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