Harvey Fierstein Quotes
Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really go out at all.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.
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The dream for many millennial women is to make a difference as social or political entrepreneurs. They are using the social media and marketing tools they have mastered to empower less fortunate women and direct them onto career tracks that women have traditionally avoided, like science and technology.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.
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To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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If you don't like me, it's your problem.
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I do movies I would go to see.
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In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can't eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn't want to come talk to me if I don't eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood.
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I know there is a difference between adaption and evolution.
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With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny.
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That's the joke about confinement pigs: they taste like whatever sauce you cook them with.
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Even a song like 'Give Love,' in my head, there's a question as I'm writing it, going, 'Is this cheesy? Is it too on the nose to say 'give love?''
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Good ideas are the backbone of good government.
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My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.
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I never want to lose sight of my roots... A lot of artists want the riches and the fame. I want to tell stories you can put into the context of your life.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.
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I've always been a serious computer nerd, as well as a biologist.
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If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.
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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
