Harvey Fierstein Quotes
There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.
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I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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If we could, we'd change a lot of things. But the only thing that's going to really change things is money and time. And time might just make it worse, too.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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Two important features in the modern development of economics are the application of mathematics to abstract economic reasoning... and the attempt at placing economics on a numerical and experimental basis by an intensive study of economic statistics.
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I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles.
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Each for himself is still the ruleWe learn it when we go to school-The devil take the hindmost, O!
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Mi cuerpo me separa de todo ser y de toda cosa. Nada más que mi cuerpo.
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Our globalized, automated economy is full of magic - Everyday Low Prices and next-day delivery on that single Gatorade you one-clicked. But it is also full of loss - of jobs, of the dignity of steady work, of chances to rise.
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You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
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Short of hiring a new staff, consider giving subpar workers a chance to improve. Tell them why they're not measuring up and give them a set amount of time to make specific improvements.
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The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land.
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I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised rather than mechanised.
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I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
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My generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.
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I can't pinpoint a period in history or a place in the universe where religion has actually helped the welfare of man.
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The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.
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There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.
