Jonathan Van Ness Quotes
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I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it's someone you know instead of this abstract person you've never met.
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So often, grooming is meant to make you feel better about yourself, and a lot of times, we use it to make ourselves feel worse.
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I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense.
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People who fundamentally disagree with you politically or socially are not bad people. I can't expect that other side to have compassion for me if I can't put myself in their shoes, too.
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One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women.
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Self-care is the non-negotiable. That's the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care.
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In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries.
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Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11.
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If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram.
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I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I'm forced to. I've been through a lot of things in my life that, if I didn't make light of it, I would literally keel over.
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I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.
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I've been an Amy Winehouse fan since her first album, 'Frank.' I always listen to her music when there's a lot going on and I want to be a bit grounded. It's like my musical warm fuzzy blanket.
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Aly Raisman doesn't have a podcast - but she should!
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I like people too much. I really do.
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I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it.
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When I'm having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to 'The Blessed Unrest' by Sara Bareilles.
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Confidence is sexy.
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We're all just trying to do the best we can with what we know!
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You want to be more hairy, that's beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that's great.
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In states where there's one really big city, a lot of outlying counties and smaller towns really don't have very many resources.
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I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in.
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I'm good at following my own grooming advice.
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In yoga, we say that everyone has a magnet on them, and you're either positively or negatively charged. So if you're liking how you're looking, you're gonna be more positively charged.
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I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out.