Carson Kressley Quotes

• Sometimes the truth feels good.

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• Compare yourself to yourself and say, ‘How can I be better? How can I be the real me?’

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• Friends think your life is so glamorous, and it is. But there are times when, instead of going to a glamorous party, I would rather just come home from work, pop in a DVD and eat some microwave popcorn with a cutie on the sofa.

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  Tags in Popcorn, Sofa

• I love fashion, but it’s always been my job, whereas horseriding is my hobby.

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• I love music. I love going out dancing.

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• I think ultimately I make people happy: Whether I’m doing the stage show, giving somebody a makeover, or designing clothing, the end goal is to make people smile.

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• I’ve always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story.

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• I wasn’t always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you’re constantly told, ‘Don’t be yourself, don’t be proud of who you are.’

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  Tags in Awkward, Growing Up

• I’ve been doing makeovers on TV for years and years and years. It’s something I really know how to do. I also know personally what it’s like to not feel good about yourself.

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• It’s really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

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• My method of helping someone is saying, ‘Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.’ I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

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• People are much deeper than stereotypes. That’s the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, ‘I’d have never guessed.’

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• When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn’t get hung in a locker for two hours. That’s a blessing.

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  Tags in Gay, Locker

• Whether you’re gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin’s a different color, it’s absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.

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  Tags in Disability, Gay

• Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

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• I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.

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• I learned how to dance. I got a free spray tan. My life is good!

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• It’s incredibly hard to program a network from scratch for 24 hours.

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• We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it’s hard to be serious and thoughtful when you’re dressed like a Skittle.

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• On our show, I’ve only reached out and touched about 55 guys. I think there’s still about 40 million.

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  Tags in Show, Self

Carson Kressley (25)

Birth:	11th November, 1969
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Fashion Designer, Television Presenter

About

Carson Lee Kressley was born and raised in Claussville, in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. He is an American Fashion Designer and Television Presenter. He was the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he was one of the show's "Fab Five". He was also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked and OWN's Carson Nation. He graduated from Gettysburg College with a degree in management and fine art in 1991, with Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude honors. He has also appeared on Big Brother Australia. He was a host on the ABC series True Beauty, along with Vanessa Minnillo and Beth Stern. In 2015, Kressley and Ross Matthews were named as new regular judges for the 7th season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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