Johnny Weir Quotes
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There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.
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I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.
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I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.
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Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!
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I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.
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To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.
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I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.
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Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.
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I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.
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That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex.
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I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.
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I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.
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Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.
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I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different.
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I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.
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I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.
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For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir.
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In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five.
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Michelle Kwan is an incredible artist, she wears her heart on her sleeve when she performs. She has grown so much from every influence in her career, and she has made herself the biggest star there ever will be in figure skating. She's down to Earth, friendly and always positive. Nobody will ever match her longevity or her ability to be such a strong competitor.
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I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.
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It's easier for me to go to Russia and train with top coaches and choreographers there than go to Colorado Springs and train with 14 of my competitors.
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You only live once. Life is a show
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I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.
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My whole career, I've had an issue with always kind of being an underdog and making a big mistake when it counts and falling and having to climb back up. One moment everything will be peachy and everyone will be saying the nicest things about me and loving me, and the next minute I'm the worst, I'm evil, all these things. It's like a fallen angel.
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I’m good when I’m alone. I’m comfortable when I’m alone. I can sit and do lots of things all by myself. Sex included.
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My family, the support of my friends, the amount of people that have written and come up to me on the street and said, 'Thank you for representing us,' and Adam Lambert, and Lady Gaga, that's been amazing.
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Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras. I mean, I can embrace Larry King saying 'fierce.'
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When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.
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We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’
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Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.
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