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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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Harvey Fierstein
Age: 71
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Harvey Forbes Fierstein
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With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.
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Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?
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Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.
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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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When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye.
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You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
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Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.
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I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.
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I have the world's worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm beyond that.
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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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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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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
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Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.
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How time flies when you're doin all the talking.
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Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.
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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.
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I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce since Eve was his second wife.
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CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token guest stars. Let them be the next-door neighbors for a change.
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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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A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
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