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" I studied really, really hard, rather boringly. "
David Furnish
Studied
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Rather
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" Putin is lovely. "
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" I ran away from small-town Canada to London; I ran away from my family because I didn't think I could be the person I was. "
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" I came from a happy family with loving parents, so my associations with marriage and children were all happy, positive things that brought me comfort as a child, which I wanted in my life. "
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" When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises. "
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" Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. "
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" I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob. "
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" People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it. "
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" I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school. "
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Definitely
School
" I've had many friends over the years who have been in same-sex relationships, and the family denies hospital visitations when one is sick. Or when the estate is settled and people who have built a life together has everything taken away from them either by the families or the taxman. "
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" When Stephen Harper was elected as the new Conservative Prime Minister - and he talked about repealing gay marriage and putting it to a vote in the House of Commons - Elton and I talked about getting married in Canada to make a statement, for ideological and political reasons. "
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" We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are. "
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Who
People
" One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship. "
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" We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model. "
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" Everyone should be tested. Whenever they have a check-up, they should test for HIV, because if we can get to a point in our society where everyone is automatically tested, nobody will fall through the net. "
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Everyone
Society
Nobody
" Kids will often see something different and feel insecure about it because they don't understand it. "
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Feel
Will
Understand
" I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents - that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough - that you can make your dreams come true. "
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Dreams
Your Dreams
Work
" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "
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Ignorance
Fear
Fuel
" Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path, it's not what people, I think, expect from a great animated film. "
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" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "
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Sculpture
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Great
" In strictly medical terms, there's no difference between HIV and diabetes; they're not curable, but they're very, very highly treatable, and early information is power. The only thing - literally the only thing - that is different is the stigma. And we have to overcome it, because it is now the only reason people are dying. "
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Medical
Information
Power
" People don't ask me for my autograph. "
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Ask
People
Me
" I think if we could just level the playing field in life as much as possible, then we'd all be in a much better place. "
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" We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great. "
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" I love diamond jewellery on men, and pocket scarves, cravats, cufflinks. The trick is to throw it together so it's natural and not contrived. That's real style. "
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" I haven't done much art shopping in Vegas. It tends to be from galleries that are London- or L.A.- or New York-based. We've never had someone standing over our shoulder telling us something is a good investment. "
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" If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K. "
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Future
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" When you get the high art of William Shakespeare and the greatest love story ever told, and you collision crash it with the low art of the tacky garden gnome, you're going to have lots and lots of opportunity for fun and putting your tongue very firmly in your cheek. "
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" I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff. "
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" I was neeeever a cool kid. "
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Kid