RuPaul

Entertainer

1960-11-17

Books by RuPaul

Lettin it all hang out
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Workin' it!
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House of Hidden Meanings
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Quotes by RuPaul

In the great tradition of Paris Is Burning, bring out your library cards! Because reading is what? Fundamental!
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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.
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All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.
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When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.
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If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?
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If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?
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When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.
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All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.
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In the great tradition of Paris Is Burning, bring out your library cards! Because reading is what? Fundamental!
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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.
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Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content.
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My spiritual practice reminds me of what's really real, what's really hood.
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Honestly, it's important to not take this whole process of life on this planet too seriously. And you need games to remind you that every aspect of your experience on this planet is a game. And you have to be a good sport. You have to strategize, and you have to have fun.
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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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In our subconscious, we all know we're playing roles.
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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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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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I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.
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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.
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Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.
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