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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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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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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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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No military contractors should have a 'shoot first' culture that puts civilians or our brave military service members in danger.
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I always think that I've embarrassed myself.
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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I went out with the same girl throughout all four years of high school.
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For me, fashion should always be evolving so it remains exciting and unexpected.
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In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.
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I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.
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I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.
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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.
