Harvey Fierstein Quotes
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In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
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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.
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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.
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If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?
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And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
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Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.
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I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
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Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.
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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
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I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
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Political movements always belong to the young.
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It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.
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Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?
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While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.
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Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.
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But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.
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A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.
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To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's important to the gay youth - who are now setting the agenda - then its important to me.
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Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
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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.
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The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.
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I have a lot of faith in President Obama. The thing that seems to be true of him is that he doesn't speak when you would expect him to speak. He's very measured in his response to things. He likes to get all the facts first before he shoots his mouth off. It makes me crazy; it makes a lot of people crazy.
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A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.