Harvey Fierstein Quotes

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

Harvey Fierstein

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• I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • Believe
  • Love

• I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Great
  • Writing

• You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Know
  • For Her

• When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.

  

  Verite
  • People
  • Me
  • Expectations

• Although China is not so wealthy and powerful as the West, her people of whatever condition - rich or poor, high or low - all enjoy a perfect freedom and a happy life. Not so all the inhabitants of Western lands.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • People
  • Life
  • Happy

• There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • People
  • World
  • God

• Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • People
  • England
  • Recognized

• I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • People
  • Done
  • History

• Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.

  

  Sir Isaac Brock KB
  • People
  • Music
  • American

• The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • People
  • Love
  • Cartoons

• People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Different
  • Always

• A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and good ideas and good people reside on both sides of the aisle.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • People
  • Good
  • Best

• I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to surprise people and experiment and be weird and just have fun with it. I've done just the hour stand-up, and that's fun, but the other stuff makes it fun for me and gives me something to react to and bounce off of.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • People
  • Up
  • Done

• For 8 years now I've been addicted to cold turkey. When I tell people I'm quitting cold turkey, they say,'What are you quitting?', I'm fucking quitting cold turkey.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Cold

• There were moments that Bobby and I would come offstage after performing in front of 20,000 people and say, 'Wow, how did that happen?' It's been a blessed life.

  

  Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
  • People
  • Life
  • Moments

• Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • People
  • Different
  • School

• Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

  

  Paul Wellstone
  • People
  • Money
  • Power

• The fact that people are actually shaving their eyebrows is very flattering. But it's crazy that people are singing songs I wrote in my bedroom.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Singing

• It was produced with very deep insight into the life of this performer. It?s the right tribute to who Liza is. People need to focus on the talent, not the tabloid headlines.

  

  Neil Meron
  • People
  • Life
  • Focus

• Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher.

  

  Larry Miller
  • People
  • Looking
  • Market

• Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself.

  

  N.D. Wilson
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Evil

• I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Funny

• Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

  

  Harvey Fierstein
  • People
  • Afraid