Rutina Wesley Quotes

For them [LGBT group], language has to say exactly what it means. "Why aren't you proud of being gay?" they wanted to know. "Why are you so dark? Why are you so morbid? Why are you so sad? Don't you realize, we're all okay? Let's celebrate that fact." But that is not what writers do. We don't celebrate being "okay." If you want to be okay, take an aspirin.

I do like celebrating women, I do like celebrating different lifestyles and choices and people and it makes me happy when others find my work empowering.

I have a very small platform, and if I can use that to reach some kid who's teased for being effeminate or likes clothes, then I've done my job.

Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.

If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.

I'm out here to represent the gingers, the gypsies, and the outcasts. Because I am all of the above, and I'm all about having a great time.

If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that's so dope.

I believe in everyone staying as they are, and when you meld together, you get something more accurate and democratic.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down.

My mother always has embedded in us that you guys rock in different ways, and to be able to celebrate that with each other is just beautiful.

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.

It feels good to be a role model for little girls who don't often see natural hair on the red carpet.

Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.

The world is full of negativity and scary news, terrible things happening. And then we have Eurovision, which is like the whole of Europe and the whole world just comes together, and celebrates love and everybody supports everybody.

Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through beauty and positivity and lip-syncing our favorite pop songs, then let's do it.

It's always been a dream to be in a beauty campaign. Anything that can show girls they can look ethereal at any size.

Finland is dark and grey, but I'm a very happy, colorful, positive person - and I feel like Eurovision is all about that.

I think my main mantra of TanaCon is just being inclusive. It's for everyone. It's young and it's fun.

I'm representing the curvy girls and that's great.

I really wish women of color would come together more and stand up for each other.

I'm very proud of 'Every Girl's a Super Girl.' I want all girls to know that no matter what size, color, or shape, whatever they are, that every girl is a super girl! They should be brave, confident, and have fun and enjoy every day!

We believe that anyone can do anything, and everyone's a star. And that's evident from the shows we do. It just feels like a whole bunch of people in a room celebrating something - maybe just being alive.

Anybody who has been following me right from the get-go, even prior to being on 'Drag Race,' has known that my platform has always been about spreading love and spreading light and celebrating identity. It's always been very positive because I feel like we need that.