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Best thing about doing Youtube as a job - the Youtube friends that I've met all around the world, that I never would have got the chance to meet without Youtube.

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Tyler Oakley
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: March 22
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A big reason I wanted to do a tour was because I'm from Michigan and not many things go to Michigan. Most conventions are in like London or Florida or California, and that's about it.
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I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.
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I come up with new ambitions all the time - and the coolest thing is, I think of something I want to do, and I don't really imagine it as Oh, I've never done that. I think of it as, Oh, I haven't done that yet. I literally believe I'm going to do everything I set out to do, which is a pretty amazing feeling.
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I keep a lot to myself, and I cherish the things that are for me and the people closest to me.
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I remember having 100 views on a video and being like, I don't have a hundred friends. So that was a moment.
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I first discovered YouTube while browsing the web, and then I found people just talking into their cameras. I never even knew it was a thing you could do.
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The Internet is accelerating the speed of acceptance and social justice.
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I'll be a YouTuber for as long as I love it.
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I hope you learn to love yourself for who you are and what you look like, and how you were born to be, because you are perfect in your own way.
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It feels like an amazing opportunity to positively impact the world. That's what I hope to do.
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I am a fangirl of talent, so to see someone slaying the competition doing what I'd love to do, that's inspiring to me.
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I literally cannot even. I can't even. I am unable to even. I have lost my ability to even. I am so unable to even.
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I can fluently speak five languages: English, emoji, sexting, sarcasm and sass.
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Everybody on YouTube starts with zero subscribers. You think of everyone you look up to or have watched for years or whatever, they may seem like this is their life now, but it wasn't always that.
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I have always kept my personal relationships pretty private, whether it's intimate or my family or friends - at least in videos. It's always been something that I've sworn off from sharing online.
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Julie Chen. She's my ultimate celebrity idol. I think she's one of the most amazing interviewers and hosts ever - and would kill to pick her brain. I am a fangirl of talent, so to see someone slaying the competition doing what I'd love to do, that's inspiring to me.
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I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.
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My ideal guy is my future husband. Not sure who he is yet, but he's out there. What impresses me in a gay guy? A warm smile, stubble, easy to talk to, thoughtful tattoos, kind eyes, wit, positivity, wanderlust, ambition, and a cute ass.
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If you are just yourself, that's when people start gravitating towards you because nobody else can be you except you. Be authentic, don't give up, and start today.
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Over the last eight years of being on YouTube, I've seen so much progress. I think the reason for that is that a lot of young people are having open dialogue and honest conversations about social justice and human rights.
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