Harvey Fierstein Quotes
I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.
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If Trump's talking to Putin can help end the bloodshed in Ukraine or Syria, it would appear to be at least as ethical an act as pulpiteering about our moral superiority on the Sunday talk shows.
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People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.
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Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse.
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An actor can come in with a specific energy and get it on film over several days or weeks, but as the producer, I'm responsible for the overall trajectory of the project.
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I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.
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Once you get over the hurdle of how to get something on the screen, it's not that difficult to make apps and share them with your friends.
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I think recreations are a good thing if done right because it can be very dangerous also. If you do something which goes wrong, then people probably won't like it because they are attached to that old version of the song... So, recreations can be a little tricky.
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I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.
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I love Mexican food.
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My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.
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I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.
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I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.
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There comes a point in any project where you have to say - whether you like or understand the character, or the whole play for that matter - 'I believe!'
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You're pulling 4-5G for a lot of the corners around the lap. We build up lactic acid because there are a lot of vibrations in the car, and you have to have strong legs to hit the brake pedal. We need to be fit to do every lap at 100%.
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Zombies cannot run.
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Life's a bitch and then your feet wear down.
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The baby, a girl, is born at 6:24 a.m. She weighs six pounds, ten ounces. The mother takes the baby in her arms and asks her, "Who are you, my little one?" And in response, this baby, who is Liz and not Liz at the same time, laughs.
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Where I would fault President Bush the most was that, in the wake of 9/11, he motivated our military, but he didn't call the nation into a state of war. And he didn't explain that this would take though a communal effort against common foe.
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I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.
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Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength and endless days like a goddess. But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it.
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I love drag queens and they love me.
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The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.
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I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.
