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" I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob. "
David Furnish
Pop
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Great
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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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" 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 was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school. "
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" I think people get fearful of things they don't know or understand. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "
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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 was neeeever a cool kid. "
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" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "
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" We all live by example. "
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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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" Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that'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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" I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian. "
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" 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 am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life. "
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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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" 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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" People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison 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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" 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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" 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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" A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it. "
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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 can't say to Elton, 'Hey, let's walk around the corner and have a coffee.' Someone as well-known as that can't go anywhere in the world without being recognised. Elton has written the soundtrack to a lot of people's lives, so they feel a kinship with him, so they come up, and that does colour things. "
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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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" When 1.2 million people come together for Pride in Toronto, that's great, but we now need to start paying it forward and thinking about the rest of the world. "
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