60 Best RuPaul Quotes From America's Iconic Drag Queen
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Born on 17 November 1960, RuPaul Andre Charles is a famous American personality since 2009.
Since 2009 RuPaul has hosted and produced the famous reality show series 'The Drag Race'. He has also been awarded eight Primetime Emmy Awards for it.
Most of RuPaul's quotes talk about the importance of self-love and self-confidence. He believes that one must fully cherish oneself before loving someone else, for one can't love another without loving oneself.
He also urges people to do what they feel like and not think about what people (haters) have to say. One of his famous quotes states just this – "I got no time to hate people who hate me. I am too busy loving the people who love me."
RuPaul is also quite indifferent to gender-specific pronouns. In his words, "You can call me he. You can call me she.
You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me." Most of RuPaul's quotes, sayings, or interviews talk tons about how this society tries to bring you down and how challenging life can get, but no matter what, don't give up.
Don't care about the things people say behind your back. Just go out there, do your thing and shine bright! So, read these RuPaul quotes for some more words of wisdom.
Below are some of the many inspiring quotes by RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race quotes and famous RuPaul quotes. If you like this article, you must surely read drag queen quotes and [inner beauty quotes].
RuPaul Famous Quotes
Your love for your own self speaks tons about your personality. Here are famous RuPaul quotes.
1. "We’re all born naked and the rest is drag."
- RuPaul.
2. "All tea all shade."
- RuPaul.
3. "Identity is a joke."
- RuPaul.
4. "When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do."
- RuPaul.
5. "Fulfillment isn’t found over the rainbow—it’s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead."
- RuPaul.
6. "Racism has nothing to do with race. It is the ego’s way of making you feel ‘better than.'"
- RuPaul.
7. "I have been discriminated against by white people for being black, by black people for being gay, by gay people for being too fem. Did I let them stop me from getting to this chair?"
- RuPaul.
8. "I feel like you’re being sabotaged by your inner saboteur."
- RuPaul.
9. "Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you’re able to make room for other things."
- RuPaul.
10. "Negativity is basically laziness. It takes a lot of hard work to remain positive, but positivity always pays off."
- RuPaul.
11. "Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead."
- RuPaul.
12. "Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion."
- RuPaul.
13. "Good luck and don’t mess it up."
- RuPaul.
14. "The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am – What? Getting paid. It is my job."
- RuPaul.
15. "The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you."
- RuPaul.
16. "It’s not the word itself, but the intention behind the word."
- RuPaul.
17. "The most important thing you can do on this planet is become the realization of your own imagination"
- RuPaul.
18. "Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart."
- RuPaul.
19. "By the power vested in me… by me."
- RuPaul.
20. "In our subconscious, we all know we’re playing roles."
- RuPaul.
RuPaul Inspirational Quotes
Don't let people's hate diminish your shine, ever. Here are some inspirational RuPaul quotes.
21. "Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It’s unfortunate."
- RuPaul.
22. "Look at me – a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you."
- RuPaul.
23. "From childhood, we’re trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way – so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that."
- RuPaul.
24. "That is the key to navigating this life—don’t take it too seriously. That’s when the party begins."
- RuPaul.
25. "You may not get the role you auditioned for, but make a lasting impression and they’ll remember you for something else later."
- RuPaul.
26. "What it says on your driver’s license isn’t really who you are—you are something much greater than that."
- RuPaul.
27. "If I fly or if I fall, least I can say I gave it all."
- RuPaul.
28. "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."
- RuPaul.
29. "If you can’t love yourself how the hell you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen?"
- RuPaul.
30. "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."
- RuPaul.
31. "I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag."
- RuPaul.
32. "If you want to be invited to the party, you better have something to bring."
- RuPaul.
33. "It’s just a lot of fun and I look damn good in a pair of high heels and a wig."
- RuPaul.
34. "When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent themselves."
- RuPaul.
35. "I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer."
- RuPaul.
36. "There are so many sensitive souls; they don’t know what to do with their feelings."
- RuPaul.
37. "It’s not the word itself, but the intention behind the word."
- RuPaul.
38. "What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do."
- RuPaul.
39. "I got no time to hate people who hate me. I am too busy loving the people who love me."
- RuPaul.
40. "The overall commentary on what I’m doing is saying, 'Hey look! I get to create whatever persona I want to, and it’s all up to me. And the truth is, we are all basically the universe—pretending to be humans for a brief moment of time.'"
- RuPaul.
RuPaul Drag Race Quotes
You are unique; cherish that fact with these selected drag race quotes. These RuPaul quotes are full of wit, sass, and motivation.
41. "Impersonating Beyoncè is not your destiny, child."
- RuPaul.
42. "We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it."
- RuPaul.
43. "Biggest obstacle I ever faced was my own limited perception of myself."
- RuPaul.
44. "Life is not to be taken seriously."
- RuPaul.
45. "To win at life and to win in this competition, you have to be willing to die a thousand deaths and be reborn a thousand times."
- RuPaul.
46. "You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe."
- RuPaul.
47. "To limit yourself to one thing, it’s your business. But you have a choice."
- RuPaul.
48. "It’s true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape."
- RuPaul.
49. "I don’t choose projects so people don’t see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me."
- RuPaul.
50. "All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money."
- RuPaul.
51. "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."
- RuPaul.
52. "Ain’t nobody got time for that."
- RuPaul.
53. "Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all."
- RuPaul.
54. "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."
- RuPaul.
55. “I kind of have this mentality that says, ‘everything will work out in the end. And if it’s not working out, it’s not the end.'”
- RuPaul.
56. "I believe in using all the colors in the crayon box."
- RuPaul.
57. "Life’s journey – it unfolds for you as you are ready for it."
- RuPaul.
58. "Success is something between you and yourself. I think only you know where you’ve come from and how far you wanna go."
- RuPaul.
59. "She already done had herses."
- RuPaul.
60. "Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I’m doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn’t embraced by anyone else."
- RuPaul.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for RuPaul Quotes, then why not take a look at 'Queer Eye' quotes, or LGBT quotes?
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