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I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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

— Harvey Fierstein

#lot #normally #play #someone #think

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place. ↗

— Mike Figgis

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I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors. ↗

— Mike Figgis

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When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on. ↗

— Luis Figo

#barcelona #change #country #decision #did

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#came #close #distortions #experience #first

Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan. ↗

— Bob Filner

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With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county. ↗

— Bob Filner

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It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment. ↗

— Jennie Finch

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