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" La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it. "
RuPaul
La
Disco
Listening
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" Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees. "
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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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" Life is not to be taken seriously. "
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Taken
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" Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you're able to make room for other things. "
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" In my life, I've been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren't outsiders don't get a chance to do. "
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" The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you. "
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" I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike. "
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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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" '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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Good
" I'm a pop victim. I love pop music; I love pop culture. I love Olivia Newton-John. "
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Pop Music
Culture
" I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my own consciousness. That will align me for the rest of the day. "
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Looking
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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. "
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People
Science
" 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. "
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Culture
Life
Me
" 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. "
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Good
World
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" My focus is on love and inclusiveness. "
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Focus
Love
" All things to do with drag are inherently therapeutic because the realization of your own insanity is the beginning of sanity. "
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" We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it. "
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Planet
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Doing
" Anna Wintour is a very smart woman. She's a Scorpio, like me. "
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" Life's journey - it unfolds for you as you are ready for it. "
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Ready
Unfolds
Journey
" 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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Believe
Hype
Power
" 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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Fear
Love
Life
" I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight. "
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Things
" If you look at their voting habits and their eating habits, you realize people are stupid. "
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" 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. "
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Look
Lady
Judge
" It's very easy to look at the world and think this is all so cruel and so mean. It's important to not become bitter from it. "
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" Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. "
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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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" I'm ambitious. I work hard. "
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Hard
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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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" I've been very blessed, and that has not escaped me. "
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