Harvey Fierstein Quotes
There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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I never like seeing myself on screen.
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It's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so - I don't know - not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and - sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way.
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I have changed my mind about the testability and logical status of the theory of natural selection; and I am glad to have an opportunity to make a recantation.
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Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique.
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I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.
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My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.
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If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.
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Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don’t ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don’t assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late.
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There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.
