Quotes by Harvey Fierstein

"Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate."

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"To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky."

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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've been dating since I was 15 years old, and I just don't seem to do it well."

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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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"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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"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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"State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey."

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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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"You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in."

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"Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did."

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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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