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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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.
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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?'
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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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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.
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It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.
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I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
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I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.
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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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I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.
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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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Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.
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Before my acting took off, I drove a truck for an inventory company throughout the northeast, but my favorite non-acting job was working in the box office at the Public Theater.
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When I think of 'Mad Dog Time,' I think of the fact that I got to drive fast cars all day long up in Canada. That was really fun. We were on these back roads with these great cars.
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I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it.
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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.
