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Harvey Fierstein quotes: Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy ... and a few friendships too.

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy ... and a few friendships too.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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.

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Somebody should talk to Dan Quayle and tell him natural blondes don't have dark grey stripes on the sides.

Somebody should talk to Dan Quayle and tell him natural blondes don't have dark grey stripes on the sides.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.

Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

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

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

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.

Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: See, an ugly person who goes after a pretty person gets nothing but trouble. But a pretty person who goes after an ugly person gets at least cab-fare.

See, an ugly person who goes after a pretty person gets nothing but trouble. But a pretty person who goes after an ugly person gets at least cab-fare.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: (...) I've always thought of myself as a kind person. Not saintly but generously thoughtful (in a bitchy sort of way). (...)

(...) I've always thought of myself as a kind person. Not saintly but generously thoughtful (in a bitchy sort of way). (...)

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: How time flies when you're doin all the talking.

How time flies when you're doin all the talking.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.

As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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.

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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.

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

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

Harvey Fierstein quotes: The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe it.

The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe it.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Harvey Fierstein quotes: A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.

A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I am thinking about how it feels to be a no one in the life of someone you love.

I am thinking about how it feels to be a no one in the life of someone you love.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.

How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?

Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?

Harvey Fierstein quotes: If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Political movements always belong to the young.

Political movements always belong to the young.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in.

I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Never be bullied into silence.

Never be bullied into silence.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.

There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: It's through sheer will that I can sing.

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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.

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: 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.

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.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.

I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.

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

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

Harvey Fierstein quotes: And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.

Harvey Fierstein quotes: I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!

I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!