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Callie Ahlgrim
2018-10-19T22:23:41Z
- Kim Kardashian West forged a path for her family's success and pioneered a new kind of fame in the age of social media.
- She is also one of the most outspoken celebrities, having built a career on sharing secrets and intimate details of her life.
- Here are 21 of her best quotes.
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Kim Kardashian West forged a path for her family's success and pioneered a new kind of fame in the age of social media.
The 39-year-old mogul has built a career on making the public feel privy to her private life and secrets. And, indeed, throughout her life in the public eye, she has rarely flinched in the face of speaking her mind.
Here are 21 of her best — funniest, bluntest, and most outrageous — quotes, in no particular order.
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"Honey, would you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley?"
Kim uttered this now-infamous quote when Wendy Williams asked if she had any tattoosback in 2009 — sitting right next to her sister Khloe Kardashian, who has multiple.
"But you would on a Ferrari. 'Cause Khloe's a Ferrari," she continued sheepishly.
"I'm kind of shocked I'm getting a fashion award when I'm naked most of the time."
Kim showed off her keen sense of humor when she jokedthat she was surprised to be given a prestigious fashion award.
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"I used to be so dependent on the guys I was in a relationship with. I don't know why, because I wasn't raised that way. If I looked at myself at 19, I would shake myself and be like, 'Wake up. You are way too smart for this.'"
Kim has been married twice before: a shotgun wedding at 20 years old with music producer Damon Thomas and an infamous 72-day marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries.
Read more:All of the Kardashian-Jenner family's significant others, past and present, ranked by net worth
"Daddy is a singer, performer, artiste. Mommy has so many talents I can't even begin to name them."
Kim had the best response to her daughter North asking, "Why are there lots of people every day taking pictures of us?"
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"You built me up to be this sexy person and [have] confidence and all this stuff — and just because you're on a journey and you're on your transformation, doesn't mean I'm in the same spot with you."
After eight months of preparation for the Met Gala, Kim's husband nearly derailed her custom-made outfit the day before the event.
"You are my wife, and it affects me when pictures are too sexy," Kanye West told her.
But Kim wasn't having it — and the internet was thrilled with her response.
—GHANA'S FINEST (@Ghanasfinestx) October 15, 2019
—И (@naledisibisi) October 14, 2019
"Kowabunga dudettes. I'm so pumped to be on this surfing kick. Who else surfs out there? Gnarly day in the h2o. Ridin waves!"
In 2010, Kim blessed us with this perfect tweet.
—Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) August 29, 2010
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"There's a lot of baggage that comes with us, but it's like Louis Vuitton baggage; you always want it."
Kim made this astute observation, which continues to be true, during the first-ever episode of "KUWTK."
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"I am just at a point in my life where I don't want to be naive anymore. And I want to use my platform to get other people involved."
Kim has grown more interested in social justice over the years. Ona season 14 episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," she was visibly shaken when she discovered the extent of Los Angeles' homelessness crisis. She and Khloe Kardashianenlisted experts, includingUnion Rescue Mission CEO Andy Bales, to educate her on the issue.
"The homeless issue is a full epidemic," Kim said, "and I don't know what the answer is to get people off the streets — but I'm so willing to help in any way that I can."
Kim later said that, according to the reality show's producers,the episode inspired over $1 million worth of donationstotheAlexandria House, a shelter for women and single mothers in LA.
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"It's my reputation over someone's life? Weigh that out. People talk s--- about me all day long. It will just be another story about me versus someone getting their life back."
Kim has recently focused her efforts on prison reform and is even apprenticing at a San Francisco law office in hopes of taking the bar in 2022.
Her first mission was to lobby for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother serving a life sentence in prison for nonviolent drug offenses.The reality star went to the White House to plead her case, and President Trump commuted Johnson's sentence shortly after.
Kim told Vogue that she was warned about meeting with the president, whose policies she openly opposes. She alsogot backlash following the meeting.
"I made a decision to go to the White House when everyone was telling me, 'Don't go, your career will be over; you can't step foot in there,'" she said. But she didn't care.
Read more:The 63-year-old grandmother that Kim Kardashian helped free from prison had never heard of the Kardashians before
"Nicole Richie reminds me of my jeep."
There's a lot to unpack here. It's unclear exactly what inspired Kim to share this comparison back in 2010, but it'sweirdly perfect.
—Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 2, 2010
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"For me, skinny is just a style of jeans, not a goal."
Kim deliberately avoided using the term "skinny" in the promotional material for "Fit in Your Jeans by Friday" — a three-disc series of workout videos released in 2009— and this particular quote from the press release sheds some light on that decision.
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"F--- you, stop laying on the ground just to get a picture up my ass. Literally they're constantly up my ass and I'm over it."
Kim's butt is arguably the foundation of her entire empire, but she did not split hairs when discussing how "over" it she is with Wonderland magazine.
"I did a shoot recently and was like: 'Thank god this is about my legs.' Sometimes I'm so over my ass," she said. "Sometimes photographers will get down and zoom in on my butt. So I'll put my hand over my butt. It's my way of saying: 'F--- you, stop laying on the ground just to get a picture up my ass.' Literally they're constantly up my ass and I'm over it."
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"I'll cry at the end of the day. Not with fresh makeup."
It's no surprise that the beauty mogul values a full face of makeup, as she highlighted on an episode of "KUWTK."
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"I don't want to play goalie, but for $100 I'll be goalie."
Kim's childhood soccer coach — who also happens to be the uber-famous music manager IrvingAzoff— told Rolling Stone that she was "always a great little businesswoman."
"Once, she said, 'I don't want to play goalie, but for $100 I'll be goalie,' and she actually convinced me to give it to her," he said.
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"I can smell when someone has a cavity. It's a very specific smell — not a bad-breath smell — but something that is really strong."
Kim told Harper's Bazaar about this hidden talent in 2016. She didn't elaborate, but she didn't need to.
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"Maybe if you had a f---ing business you were passionate about, you'd know what it takes to run a f---ing business, but you don't. So don't even act like you know what I'm talking about."
The season 15 premiere of"KUWTK" featured a blowout fight between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. The argument culminated in Kourtney calling her sister "a very distraught, evil human being."
However, most people latched onto Kim's comment about Kourtney's lack of ambition — and the memorable line quickly became a meme.
—The Skeleton Formerly Known As “Calvizzles” 🤘🏽💀 (@Calvizzles) August 21, 2018
—Wilson (@deadletterpoets) August 19, 2018
—tal. (@kissylouwt) August 18, 2018
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"I'm not buying her a f---ing pair of shoes. I bought her a f---ing career."
As it turns out, Kim has been brutally honest about Kourtney more than once on "KUWTK."
"Have you ever thought someone was kinda cool, liked their vibe then saw their tweets and realized they are so lame?"
Naturally, Kim added "LOL" to cap off this very relatable tweet.
—Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) August 5, 2011
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"If I've got Kanye, if I've got my family, then f--- the whole world."
Kim shared this blunt — yet extremely sweet — sentimentin a 2016 interview with Wonderland, published just one month before her Paris robbery.
"There's been times when things have happened in my family and I thought our careers were over. I'd say: 'Girls I hope you've saved up your money, because it's over for us — but we got each other, so let's all move to an island and have some fun now,'" she said.
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"You can say a lot of things about me, but you cannot say I don't work hard. I don't sing. I don't dance. I don't act. But I am not lazy."
Kim said during a conversation with Janet Mock for Interview magazine that she used to "love being underestimated," but now, the businesswoman is expectant of a little recognition.
"Now when I hear, 'They're so not talented,' — 10 years into it — I'm kind of like, 'OK, give a girl a little respect.' If I'm so not talented, if I do nothing, then how is my career my reality?" she said.
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"I like nudity."
Kim opened up about a variety of issues in her 2015 interview with Love magazine — but this simple quote may be the best, if not the most obvious.
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