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I've signed peoples' parole cards at book signings and it's very touching.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.
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When I was young, no one wanted to be one now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.
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I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.
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I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely loved it. I love battles within the gay community or feminist community. I love radical theorists.
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Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.
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