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" I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school. "
David Furnish
Bullied
Definitely
School
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" Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division. "
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" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "
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" I was neeeever a cool kid. "
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" If you look at 'Gnomeo & Juliet,' the movie's message essentially says it doesn't matter if you're a 'red' or a 'blue': at the end of the day, parents should love their children and want what's best for them. "
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" 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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" A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it. "
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" When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises. "
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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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" You have to acknowledge that films that have a strong concept and are easily marketed to people are the ones that stand the biggest chance of success. "
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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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" Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. "
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" The past is past; what's gone on has gone on. "
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" The reality is, if a woman is married to man with a title, she gets a title. I think everybody should have the same opportunities and the same privileges and the same honours. "
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" I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life. "
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" I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a gay circle of friends. I was seeing some men, seeing some women, and trying to sort it all out. "
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" 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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" 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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" I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing. "
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" 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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" 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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" It's very important in any relationship that one partner doesn't lose themselves in the other, and that's very easy if you're involved with a celebrity. "
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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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" 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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" It's interesting how Rod Stewart can father a child at 65, and a straight, single footballer named Cristiano Ronaldo can arrange to have a surrogate have a baby, and neither of them receives any criticism. "
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