"If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen"
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"I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet."
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"I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can."
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"[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible."
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"I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me."
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"I'll be wearing my high heels, even if I'm up to my knees in mud"
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"People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'"
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"Is forever longer than always?"
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"I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation."
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"Love is only as strong as your weakest moment."
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"Money is like the tide: It rolls in and it rolls out. If you clutch it, you are not going to keep it."
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"God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons."
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"We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another."
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"Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do."
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"If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control."
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"I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things."
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"All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins."
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"Find out what you are, then do it on purpose"
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"I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys."
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"Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine."
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