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" For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open. "
RuPaul
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" For my tribe, the people I found years ago, we've found sanctuary in the irreverent, in the off-center, in the quirky... And that's how we stay entertained, and that's how we stay engaged in what would otherwise seem to be a really cruel world. A really harsh world. "
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" I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music. "
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" From childhood, we're trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way - so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that. "
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" There are so many sensitive souls; they don't know what to do with their feelings. "
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" Hollywood is an idea. It's not a real place. "
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" 'The Wizard of Oz' is my favourite. It explains what life on this planet is about. Although Dorothy reaches Oz, she finds she had what she needed to go back to Kansas all along, but the Good Witch tells her that she had to learn it for herself. All of the answers to the meaning of life are there. "
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" I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing. "
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" Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It's unfortunate. "
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" La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it. "
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" If you look at their voting habits and their eating habits, you realize people are stupid. "
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" The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous. "
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" If you grow up in show business, you look beyond the looking glass. So, all of the surface facades get broken. "
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" I don't think there is a life in the mundane 9-to-5 hypocrisy. That's not living. "
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" I remember being 14 years old, making a pact with myself. I would never join into the matrix, never join into the status quo, and I would always fight it. It always felt like I was on an operating table and the anesthesia never worked. "
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" Throughout my life, I have always believed in love; I've always put my heart in love. But I've seen fear take people so often. It's very scary. "
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" My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business. "
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" If you've worked in a factory, and you haven't learned how to do something else, you're obsolete. That's just nature. "
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