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There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.

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Deserve, Kind, Break, Throws

No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end.

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Myself, Might, Still, Self-Image

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.

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Want, Own, My Own, Stevenson

When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating.

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Shame, Self-Esteem, Through, Traumatic

I think that in the Christian community, we're lacking a lot of things, and I don't know that it's just children's role models.

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Think, I Think, Models, Lacking

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

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Big, Movie, Needed, Big Movie

Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.

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Show, Pray For, Your, Mate

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

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Love, Bible, Study, Claim

My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me.

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Wife, Insurance, Bought, Extra

Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems.

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Never, Always, Been, Blamed

I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.

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Fault, Brothers, Felt, Misunderstood

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.

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Broken, Take, Advantage, Astray

We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.

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Seeing, How, Shows, Live Shows

I got married at a very young age, and of course, for all the wrong reasons, and ended up divorced and lost everything. It was a very difficult time in my life.

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My Life, Very, Reasons, Divorced

I think there are people that have very addictive personalities.

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Think, I Think, Very, Addictive

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

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Just Because, Celebrity, Pastor

There's a tendency for people to think that celebrities do whatever they want, spend whatever they want, and it's completely out of control. While some of that may be true, I've never met a celebrity who threw caution to the wind and thought they could do anything. That's not the thought process.

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Thought, Celebrity, Some, Wind

When you're in that scene, you really wonder if this is all you're ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.

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Inside, Going, Really, Filthy

I've watched a lot of my friends die, everyone from John Belushi, River Phoenix to Chris Farley. It just keeps going on and on.

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Die, Everyone, Going, Phoenix

I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them?

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Death, Jesus Christ, Christ, I Wonder

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

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Laugh, Lived, Make, Scott

Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it.

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Why, Idol, Being, Scott

When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler.

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Door, Reason, Telling, Screaming

This is an exact replica of my chest.

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Chest, Replica, Exact

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.

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Never, Dreamed, Would, Advisor

I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.

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Actor, Accepted, Marine, Biologist

I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.

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Average, Very, Extent, Average Person

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.

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Unique, Presentation, Amount, Scripture

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

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Think, Through, Always, Filters

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

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Never, Still, Particularly, To Be Honest

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