Paula Abdul famous quotes

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart,
-- Paula Abdul

#Inspirational #Heart #Follow Your Heart

All you can do is the best you can do.
-- Paula Abdul

Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.
-- Paula Abdul

#Fitness #Fun #Exercise

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.
-- Paula Abdul

#Faith #Perseverance #Loser

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.
-- Paula Abdul

#People #Unpredictable

If you lead with passion anything is possible!
-- Paula Abdul

#Passion #Anything Is Possible

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.
-- Paula Abdul

#Friendship #Best Friend #Successful

Beyond being Jewish, I've always found myself to be very much in tune with spirituality.
-- Paula Abdul

#Tunes #Spirituality #Found

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.
-- Paula Abdul

#Art #Taken #Talent

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.
-- Paula Abdul

#Simple #Auditions #Failing

The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finish line ;)
-- Paula Abdul

#Views #Mountain #Lines

Life truly is precious. Gather every moment of it into your arms & embrace it.
-- Paula Abdul

#Arms #Moments #Embrace

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.
-- Paula Abdul

#Positive #Real #Blow

So time over time what will change the world, no one knows? The only promise is a day to live, to give and share with one another.
 See the wisdom from mistakes in our past; the promise of a new day.

-- Paula Abdul

#Mistake #Past #New Day

I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.
-- Paula Abdul

#Character #Adapting

I love doing what I do. I'm a born mentor. I've launched so many people's careers. I worked hard.
-- Paula Abdul

#Careers #People #Mentor

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.
-- Paula Abdul

#People #Principles

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers.
-- Paula Abdul

#Strong #Men #Dancer

When you wish upon a star, you just might become one.
-- Paula Abdul

#Stars #Wish #Might

If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see.
-- Paula Abdul

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.
-- Paula Abdul

#Singing

It is my job to make sure that these kids who are talented get every chance they can and not to be passed over; this is life or death for them.
-- Paula Abdul

#Jobs #Kids #Chance

I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.
-- Paula Abdul

#Dance #Waiting #Feels

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.
-- Paula Abdul

#Opportunity #Feet #Entertainers

I dance because I have to, because I'm so passionate about it.
-- Paula Abdul

#Passionate

There are three things I commit to on a daily basis: Exercising for an hour a day, tops. Never skipping meals. And accepting the size and shape I was born with.
-- Paula Abdul

#Exercise #Shapes #Size

I believe inner beauty is beauty in its truest form. When we nurture ourselves, it brings an inevitable, positive transformation.
-- Paula Abdul

#Believe #Inner Beauty #Transformation

You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.
-- Paula Abdul

#Fear #Circles #Jumping

I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease.
-- Paula Abdul

#Mad #Disease #England

You're the kiss that puts my soul at ease.
-- Paula Abdul

#Romantic #Kissing #Soul

I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.
-- Paula Abdul

#Blessed #Comeback #Feels

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
-- Paula Abdul

#Lying #Taught #Taking The High Road

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.
-- Paula Abdul

#Song #Jobs #Taken

I’ve never been drunk in my life. I don’t use recreational drugs.
-- Paula Abdul

#Drunk #Drug #Use

Every day in the news we're hearing how rampant violence is in our communities, both here in America and around the world. I believe that the establishement of a United States Department of Peace can greatly help alleviate the many problems that we hear about on a daily basis. Our children deserve so much better. It is our job right here and now to build a better world. By establishing a US Department of Peace we are doing just that. Please get involved ... It's up to us to be the change that we wish for and the time is now to co-create it.
-- Paula Abdul

#Jobs #Children #Believe

I had my first kiss under a tree near the school. It was with a boy named Michael who rarely spoke, but he would sometimes give me one of the cookies from his lunch. Maybe it was the gifts that made me feel special? I don't know, but when our lips touched, it felt magical.
-- Paula Abdul

#School #Kissing #Boys

I'm working toward a CD that will have all of you dancing like crazy.
-- Paula Abdul

#Crazy #Cds #Dancing

You could sing us the phone book and we would still love you.
-- Paula Abdul

#Book #Love You #Phones

I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.
-- Paula Abdul

#Stars #Film

I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.
-- Paula Abdul

#Foxes

Everything is always a little surreal.
-- Paula Abdul

#Littles #Surreal

Any types of auditions will be posted in trade magazines.
-- Paula Abdul

#Magazines #Auditions #Type

'American Idol' has taken over my whole life.
-- Paula Abdul

#Taken #Idols #Whole Life

I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.
-- Paula Abdul

#Nbc #Toronto #Shooting

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.
-- Paula Abdul

#Family #Needs #Helping

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training.
-- Paula Abdul

#Kids #America #Training

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.
-- Paula Abdul

#Friendship #Kids #Play

I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.
-- Paula Abdul

#Thinking #Ideas #Duets

I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had.
-- Paula Abdul

#Girl #Jobs #Fun

Virgin Records will probably release their own package sometime next year.
-- Paula Abdul

#Years #Records #Next Year

There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.
-- Paula Abdul

#Next #Stomach

There are many talented people.
-- Paula Abdul

#People

The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are.
-- Paula Abdul

#Would Be #Producers #Be Good

The more auditions you go on, the more you will learn not to take it personally.
-- Paula Abdul

#Goes On #Auditions

Simon would not want to audition in front of Simon.
-- Paula Abdul

#Want #Auditions

Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.
-- Paula Abdul

#Crazy #Arguing #Drive Me Crazy

My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer.
-- Paula Abdul

#Jobs #Thinking #Judging

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.
-- Paula Abdul

#Jobs #Grateful #Looking Forward

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.
-- Paula Abdul

#Lying #Hurtful #Matter