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" But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs. "

Harvey Fierstein

You

Be Different

Story

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War

Leader

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Did

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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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Life

Victim