Harvey Fierstein Quotes
I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
Quotes to Explore
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'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
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I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.
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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.
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Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.
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We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.
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I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
