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I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!
Harvey Fierstein
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Harvey Fierstein
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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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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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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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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Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.
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I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
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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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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 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 am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.
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When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied equal protection under the law, we have to admit that we’re under attack. This is not pragmatic politics at work. These are the policies of bias, exclusion and unfairness.
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Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion
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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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You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
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To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.
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