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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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Harvey Fierstein
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
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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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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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I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.
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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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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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How time flies when you're doin all the talking.
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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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