La'Porsha Renae Quotes

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

My ex-boyfriend said, 'You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.' Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, 'Well, screw you.' And we broke up.

I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

Maybe girls think that I can never be in a relationship and I can only give advice to other men to not fall in love or get committed to a girl. But that's not true.

No man ever fell in love with me for the way I fill out a Lycra dress.

The tears that kept Buttercup company the remainder of the day were not at all like those that had blinded her into the tree trunk. Those were noisy and hot; they pulsed. These were silent and steady and all they did was remind her that she wasn’t good enough. She was seventeen, and every male she’d ever known had crumbled at her feet and it meant nothing. The one time it really mattered, she wasn’t good enough.

I know that I don't have the image of a lover boy.

I do believe I'm not good enough to be a professional dancer. I believe that in my heart.

I think the first time I tried to write a romantic song, it was just horrendously embarrassing. I remember thinking, 'Okay, I'm not going to do that anymore.' I think that sort of embarrassed me for the next 10 years.

I'm not sure I'm very confident at all. There was a lot of my life when I thought I was fundamentally unlovable.

At certain times, you start to - maybe not lose the faith - but just wonder how long it will take until someone picks me up. I was thinking, 'Is it just me? Do I think I'm better than any manager does?'

I've always been very insecure and had a lot of self-doubt growing up. That was partially because of how I was raised.

There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.

Of course I want the Furys, of course I want the Joshuas, but the question is, do they want me?

I don't actually get that many DMs. I tell myself that it's because guys might be intimidated, but I'm not that sure.

Some relationships don't last for a lifetime but we still feel like it is the one that is meant to be.

I dropped out of high school, and had this girlfriend, and we broke up, and it was this horrible crisis.

There is a sense of shame that comes with unemployment. I didn't become a movie star, and I was a size 14.

You don't feel good about being criticised, especially when you've been loved so much.

I wish I was a prolific writing wondrous boy genius - I wish I was Stevie Wonder - but I wasn't. I was me. I wrote terrible songs about girls I was head-over-heels about. As soon as a pretty girl looks at me, that's it - I'm in love, and I should probably write a song about it!

Paper Doll' is about being bullied, and about having someone in your life who is constantly trying to put you down, and trying to make you feel like you are not good enough being who you are.

I was class VI or VII when I had a crush on a girl, and I thought this is the girl I'd marry. When you're so young, you are crestfallen when things don't turn out your way and think it's the end of the world.

I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen.

When you love someone and care about them, you want what's best for them, and it's always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren't what's best for them, how hard you try.