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It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

Clay Aiken

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Clay Aiken
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
Actor
Musician
Politician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Raleigh
North Carolina
Clayton Holmes Aiken
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I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.
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I did get a degree in special education.
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It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.
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But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.
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Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?
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The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.
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If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God's love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don't feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.
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I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.
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I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.
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I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.
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I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.
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I want everyone to vote. I want everyone to be a part of electing officials. Because when we are not a part, when we don't have a very broad voter base, then we don't have true representation.
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Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.
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I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.
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I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.
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And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.
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If I'm signing autographs and I see one hundred people in a line I've got to remind myself, That person is one one-hundredth of my day, but to them I'm their day. You know what I mean? Unless they meet J.Lo later on.
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I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.
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Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice.
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I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!
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