RuPaul Quotes

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What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn't change what I decide to do. I don't choose projects so people don't see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me.

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If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don't include them. They believe that if you take a piece of pie, then that leaves less pie for them. Seeing you follow your dreams leaves them realizing that they're not following theirs. In truth, there is unlimited pie for everyone!

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Look at me—a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.

RuPaul
The point about pop culture is that so much of it is borrowed. There's very little that's brand new. Instead, creativity today is a kind of shopping process—picking up on and sampling things form the world around you, things you grew up with

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With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.

RuPaul
Be very careful of what you allow to infiltrate your consciousness and subconsciousness. When you watch too much television, you'll start to feel inferior from all the commercials hard selling the idea that you're not complete unless you buy their product [...] The ad agencies appeal to your fear of not being wanted or loved. It's the same with the local news. They get you to stay tuned with a constant stream of fear tactics [...] It's as if our culture is addicted to fear and the flat screen is our drug dealer. Don't allow that crap into your head!

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People ask, "Why do you dress like a woman?" I don't dress like a woman. I dress like a drag queen.

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I don't have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody to tune in

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All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.

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If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

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