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.
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I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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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.
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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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.
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Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.
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The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.
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People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
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On 'Heroes' I got to work with Greg Grunberg all the time and Masi Oka, and they both are just wonderful actors. I don't know - you learn so much by watching people like that, I guess.
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When my record comes on, you know that's a DJ Khaled record. That's my formula, and the people love it.
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Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was hard to live with. But I've never played a gay role before, and I didn't want to be limited by some strange perception.
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For me, the most fascinating interface is Twitter. I have odd cosmic thoughts every day and I realized I could hold them to myself or share them with people who might be interested.
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I remember when I wanted every pitch to be a strike.
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Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.
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I'm an athlete, so I can dress down with the best of them. I can throw on t-shirts and sweats with the best of them.
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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.
