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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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" I think drag is universal, no matter who does it. I mean, yeah, I am homosexual, but I think everybody likes to toy with their image. I love those guys. I love Milton Berle and Flip Wilson and all those people. "

RuPaul

Mean

People

Think

" 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. "

" Young people need to know there are ways for them to navigate this life. "

" 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. "

" I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing. "

" The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job. "

" 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

Culture

Life

" Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's important to remember that you're born naked, and the rest is drag. "

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

" 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. "

" I loved 'Carol.' I thought it was a beautiful film. "

" People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s. "

" I dance to the beat of a different drummer. "

" 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. "

" Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart. "

" I've always been ambitious. I've always been able to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I like to stay busy. I love working, and I love being creative. "

" I've been on both sides; I've interviewed people, and I do an okay job, I guess. But it's awful. Because you feel like you have to defend your life, which is such an interesting concept. It's not an easy process to sit down and talk about, 'What's your motivation?' Because as I'm answering, I'm working it out for myself at the same time. "

" 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. "

" Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes! "

" We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it. "

" I've never personally differentiated a person who dressed up in a three-piece suit and goes to Wall Street from a person who dresses up in a polyester uniform and works at McDonalds. I think it's all drag. "

" It's important to find your tribe. "