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" My biggest secret is that I don't over-wash my hair. I wash it twice a week at the most, unless I'm on set every day. "

Jonathan Van Ness

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" I think that the ideal of men's physiques in general, gay or straight, is one of the most under-talked-about things ever. Ninety-five percent of these bodies that we're seeing, that we're striving so hard to look like, are genetically engineered - like, let's be very clear. "

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" Be able to see people's humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you're reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized. "

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" A song like 'Tears Dry on Their Own' is really sad, but it's hopeful, too - that was my theme song for the first boy who broke my heart. "

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" So often, grooming is meant to make you feel better about yourself, and a lot of times, we use it to make ourselves feel worse. "

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" I was the first male cheerleader of my high school; it's very hard to embarrass me - you have to do a lot. "

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" Coming from a town of 30,000 people on the Mississippi River, having 'Queer Eye' in 2003 through 2007 when I was in high school was really important. "

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" I'm obsessed with gymnastics. It's like my football. And I like to watch women's gymnastics a little bit more than men's because I live for balance beam. "

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" I'm really about body positivity and self-love, and I will definitely push the boundary with a pink midriff-baring top. "

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" I'm the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys. "

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" As a kid growing up, I really hated being alone. I was always that kid that was like, 'Do you want to hang out? Let's go to the mall. Let's go to the movies. Let's go to the park.' I would call people and call people and call people. If I was alone when I wasn't at school, then there was something wrong. "

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" Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.' "

Jonathan Van Ness

" I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it's someone you know instead of this abstract person you've never met. "

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" God, I miss TLC. "

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" If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram. "

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" I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way. "

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" I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue. "

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" I love 'Downton Abbey.' "

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" Kristi Yamaguchi stole my heart in 1992, and I've never been the same since. "

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" I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" If I could only have one grooming tool, it would be floss. I don't want to have broken Cheetos in my teeth. To protect myself from the sun, I can find shade under a tree. To moisturize my skin, I could get really sweaty and then just rub it on myself. But how are you going to clean between your teeth without floss? "

Jonathan Van Ness

" In yoga, we say that everyone has a magnet on them, and you're either positively or negatively charged. So if you're liking how you're looking, you're gonna be more positively charged. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it. "

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" How you take care of yourself is how the world sees you. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don't always wanna be alone, but I definitely like pockets of solitude to recharge and come back to myself. I think that's so important for everyone. "

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" I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time. "

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" There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don't need to listen so much. Don't worry so much and just go. Unless you're, like, in danger, and then don't. And then run, girl. "

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" Men and women can be friends, and it can just be friendly. "

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" In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries. "

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" Please don't compare the nature and authenticity of 'Queer Eye' to 'The Bachelor.' "

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" Aly Raisman doesn't have a podcast - but she should! "

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