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" I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube. "
Johnny Weir
Life
My Life
Cube
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" I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country. "
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" Now the fact that people are saying, 'Oh my God, he's finally come out' - I was never in. "
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" To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs. "
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" To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough. "
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" I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see me, love me the way you see me, hate me the way you see me. "
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" When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman. "
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" Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother. "
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" I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it. "
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" I'd love to learn how to foxtrot and cha cha. Believe it or not, I have terrible dancing skills. I can do everything on the ice, but as soon as you put me on the ground, I'm that person that falls down walking off a curb. "
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" I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how I could live and transmit everything I was feeling and everything I had worked for and given up and all these sacrifices I'd made throughout the years. It was how I could make them all worth it. "
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" When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you. "
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" I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man. "
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" I don't take on a project unless I know the end result is going to make me happy. If I can't give 100 percent to something, I choose not to do it because it's very difficult to have so many pots on the fire at one time. "
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" I wouldn't participate in 'Stars on Ice' if I were asked. I find it an amateurish tour in a way, the production quality. "
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" To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements. "
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" No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.' "
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" In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five. "
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" I hate summer, to be honest. I hate dressing. I hate the heat. I hate sweaty people getting aggressively close to you when you're walking down the street. "
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