Harvey Fierstein Quotes
As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.
Quotes to Explore
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
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So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.
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I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.
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I want a girlfriend who eats as much as I do, which is a lot.
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All roads lead to another road for renegades, rebels, and rogues.
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I was definitely inspired by Madonna.
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Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today.
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the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less
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No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.
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I don't think it's that serious. If I feel good tomorrow and I feel like I'm not going to jeopardize missing games or hurt the team, I'll play. Otherwise, I'll sit down.
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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I'm still learning. It's all a learning curve. Every time you sit down, with any given episode of any given show, it is a learning curve. You're learning something new about how to tell a story. But then, I've felt that way about everything I've ever done - television, features or whatever. Directing or writing, it always feels like the first day of school to me.
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At first, 'Family Ties' seemed to just be a wonderful project of its time. These were the Reagan years, the new conservatism. Alex P. Keaton quickly became the Fonzie of the '80s, so it seemed very much a product of its time. But I soon began to realize that it went far beyond that. These great family shows transcend whatever time they are in.
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
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As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.
