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Herself Quotes
Total quotes: 56
Herself
character
Total quotes: 56
“You know, the girl you see on the street corner talking about, 'Yo man, I saw one of them thangs walking down the street.'”
Tagged:
street corner, Drag
“Now you wanna talk about reading? Let's talk about reading. What is wrong with you, Pedro, are you going through it? You're going through some kind of psychological change in your life? You went back to being a man? Touch this skin, darling, touch this skin honey, touch all of this skin! Okay? You just can't take it! You're just an overgrown orangutan!”
Tagged:
Reading, Overgrown Orangutan
“When they're undetectable and they can walk out of that ballroom into the sunlight and onto the subway and get home, and still have all their clothes and no blood running off their bodies—those are the femme realness queens... and usually its a category for young queens.”
Tagged:
Drag Queens, Ballroom
“In real life you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now, the fact that you are not an executive is merely because of the social standing of life. Black people have a hard time getting anywhere and those that do are usually straight. In a ballroom you can be anything you want. You're not really an executive but you're looking like an executive. You're showing the straight world that I can be an executive if I had the opportunity because can look like one, and that is like a fulfillment.”
Tagged:
Black People, Homophobia
“You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.”
Tagged:
Smart Crack, Kikis
“I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better to just enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.”
Tagged:
Pay Your Dues, Stardom
“The country divided into two parts...and this wall would rip us apart.”
Tagged:
Intense Changes, Emotional
“Boys are taught to become somebody, girls are taught to find somebody.”
Tagged:
Stereotype, Standards
“The mugshot was so embarrassing, my eyebrows looked crazy... but I did at least have my lashes on.”
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