Johnny Weir Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man.”
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“Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.”
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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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“I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.”
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“I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.”
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“I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.”
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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 don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.”
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“I drink Vitamin Water nonstop - I should have an IV.”
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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 don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.”
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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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“I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.”
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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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“It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.”
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“Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!”
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“Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.”
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“Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.”
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“No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'”
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“I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.”
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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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“It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlete, it doesn't make me a stronger person, it doesn't really do anything to enhance my life. It's just something I was born with, the same as green eyes.”
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“I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it.”
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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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“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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“In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.”
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“I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.”
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“I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.”
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“I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.”
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