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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. "

David Furnish

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" We all live by example. "

David Furnish

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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. "

" My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had. "

" I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior 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. "

" 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. "

" We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Kids will often see something different and feel insecure about it because they don't understand it. "

" Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. "

" I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like Madonna's music but not her movies. She should stick to what she is good at. "

" I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian. "

" I studied really, really hard, rather boringly. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life. "

" 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. "

" Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The past is past; what's gone on has gone on. "

David Furnish

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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. "

" 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. "

" When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises. "