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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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" A regular old drag queen is usually your science teacher who's actually wearing women's panties underneath his slacks. A drag-queen superstar is someone who actually works in clubs and makes a living doing it more than one night a year, or even one night in six months. "

RuPaul

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" It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science. "

" The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box. "

" I love games. My favorite thing on this planet to do is to play games. And if you don't enjoy games, then you're really missing the point of what this life is. "

" This is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them. "

" I always bring an orange scarf, not just so I can wear it or tuck it into my pocket, but also so I can throw it over a lamp in the hotel room. Orange is my favourite colour, and it gives a lovely, warm ambience. "

" I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion. "

" It's a neutralizing mantra to say to everybody, 'I come in peace.' I come in peace. That's why it's important. "

" Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. "

" I had mentors, growing up in gay life - older gay men who told me about our history and the history of art and culture - but somehow, the younger generation missed out on that synergy. "

RuPaul

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" Everybody is in drag. "

RuPaul

Everybody

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" I've cried my eyes out and wanted to end it all before. I hope everybody's gone that far, because it makes life rich. "

" La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it. "

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" I think this life is hard without assistance from others. "

" For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open. "

" Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good. "

" Don't believe the hype; don't believe what it tells you on your driver's license. You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe. "

" There are so many sensitive souls; they don't know what to do with their feelings. "

" The only person I look up to - and not just in show business but also in the world - is a little lady named Judge Judy! Honestly. "

" Drag has always been the thing you turn to to remember to not take yourself too seriously. "

" Honestly, it's important to not take this whole process of life on this planet too seriously. And you need games to remind you that every aspect of your experience on this planet is a game. And you have to be a good sport. You have to strategize, and you have to have fun. "

" I think our culture is moving forward - slowly. And also, as we move forward, we're witnessing some of the old stalwarts rejecting that forward motion. "

" '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. "

" I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath. "

" Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you're able to make room for other things. "

" I'm ambitious. I work hard. "

" It's important to find your tribe. "

" If you look at their voting habits and their eating habits, you realize people are stupid. "

" Life is not to be taken seriously. "

" I've lived my whole life in the life - I've lived my whole life doing the thing, I've been doing my own thing. And I think my life speaks volumes about what one must do. "