Quote by Lady Gaga

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptu

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This quote highlights the speaker's desire to be a certain idealized version of themselves - a "skinny little ballerina." However, their reality is quite different as they describe themselves as a "voluptuous little Italian girl" with a father who cooked meatballs regularly. The juxtaposition of these contrasting images emphasizes the speaker's struggle between societal expectations and their own cultural upbringing, as well as the conflict between body image ideals and personal identity.

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