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" Life is not to be taken seriously. "

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

" If you've worked in a factory, and you haven't learned how to do something else, you're obsolete. That's just nature. "

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" I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration. "

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