Harvey Fierstein Quotes

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.

Harvey Fierstein

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• We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.

  

  Gary Lineker
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  • Work
  • Job

• In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.

  

  Fede Alvarez
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  • Eyes
  • Day

• Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Important
  • Know

• I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

  

  Kanye West
  • People
  • Serious
  • Enjoy

• There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • People
  • Friends
  • Best

• I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Music
  • Fan
  • Huge Fan

• To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Economy
  • More
  • Workers

• I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Lucky
  • Got
  • Seasons

• The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • People
  • Life
  • Respect

• God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!

  

  Bailee Madison
  • God
  • Fun
  • Amazing

• A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Man
  • Fight
  • Rights

• My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Evil

• Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • God
  • Morality
  • Stomach

• Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any given time there are at least three former ones having very public breakdowns.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Time
  • Child
  • Stars

• Fashion will take on added stature one day, but try not to be stifled by it. You will learn, as you mature, to swap heels for Stan Smith trainers, minidresses for crisp white shirts. And you will never be one of those people who just roll out of bed.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • People
  • Day
  • Fashion

• It's frightening and glamorous and exciting at the same time. I wouldn't change it for anything! After the bad and sad times in my life, it's something I want to do.

  

  Edie Sedgwick
  • Life
  • Time
  • Bad

• Andre Agassi, in his account of becoming an embittered prodigy, seems never to have liked tennis much, except as a vehicle for achievement. The kids who do like life inside the lines can find the flow within that green-and-white geometry.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Green

• The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.

  

  Alfred North Whitehead

• It's about a young girl who will stop at nothing to be the valedictorian of her class. It's very dark and very wicked, but it's got a great part for a kid, and a great part for an older woman.

  

  Kevin Williamson
  • Great
  • Girl
  • Stop

• I love putting visuals to music. I feel like a lot of times it helps people contextualize that message or that experience.

  

  Cisco Adler
  • Music
  • Experience
  • Visuals

• I have found that good taste, oddly enough, plays an important role in politics. Why is it like that? The most probable reason is that good taste is a visible manifestation of human sensibility toward the world, environment, people.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• My platitudes don't hold their interest and I can hardly blame them for that. My real stories are all out of date. So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu, the advent of the automobile, world wars, cold wars, guerrilla wars, and Sputnik — that's all ancient history now. But what else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That's the reality of getting old, and I guess that's really the crux of the matter. I'm not ready to be old yet.

  

  Sara Gruen
  • World
  • Real
  • War

• The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Child
  • Understand
  • Main

• You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.

  

  Harvey Fierstein
  • World
  • Child
  • Powerless