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" I dance to the beat of a different drummer. "
RuPaul
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" When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public. "
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" This is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them. "
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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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" Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are really a caricature of themself and to not take yourself too seriously. "
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" Having an automobile in Los Angeles enables me to change clothes at least three times a day: I will go from western wear to nautical to Savile Row in the course of 12 hours. "
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" Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather the mainstream come to me. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Wyoming - God bless you in Wyoming - it's very boring, and it's the most isolated place on Earth. "
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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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" We humans are still a very primitive culture, and it's one of the traps we've fallen into over the course of our lives - to forget our history. That's why George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is so profound. It chronicles our short memory. "
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" I enjoy being creative. "
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" Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees. "
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" Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego. "
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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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" For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open. "
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