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" I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian. "
David Furnish
Always
Ask
Being
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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. "
David Furnish
Medical
Information
Power
" My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had. "
David Furnish
Wanted
Parents
Years
" 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. "
David Furnish
Together
Great
People
" 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. "
David Furnish
Together
Trick
Love
" People don't ask me for my autograph. "
David Furnish
Ask
People
Me
" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "
David Furnish
Ignorance
Fear
Fuel
" 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. "
David Furnish
Love
Story
You
" I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life. "
David Furnish
I Am
Board
Equality
" We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are. "
David Furnish
Forward
Who
People
" 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. "
David Furnish
Mean
Role Model
Tennis
" 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. "
David Furnish
Life
Better
Think
" Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. "
David Furnish
Future
Loved
Important
" I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob. "
David Furnish
Pop
Snob
Great
" 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. "
David Furnish
Chance
People
Stand
" Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division. "
David Furnish
Judgment
Out
Ignorance
" 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. "
David Furnish
Shopping
Vegas
Art
" The past is past; what's gone on has gone on. "
David Furnish
Past
Gone
" I think people get fearful of things they don't know or understand. "
David Furnish
Think
Things
People
" I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff. "
David Furnish
Bad
Shame
Self-Image
" Putin is lovely. "
David Furnish
Lovely
Putin
" I studied really, really hard, rather boringly. "
David Furnish
Studied
Hard
Rather
" We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great. "
David Furnish
Realize
Great
Sure
" 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. "
David Furnish
Legal
Relationship
Opportunity
" 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. "
David Furnish
Think
London
Family
" 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. "
David Furnish
Children
Parents
Blue
" A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it. "
David Furnish
People
Good Art
Collecting
" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "
David Furnish
Sculpture
Art
Great
" 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. "
David Furnish
Path
People
Family
" 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
Friends
Family
Gay
" 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. "
David Furnish
Dreams
Your Dreams
Work