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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 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. "

David Furnish

Marriage

Positive

Life

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it. "

David Furnish

People

Life

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

" I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" People don't ask me for my autograph. "

David Furnish

Ask

People

" We all live by example. "

David Furnish

Live

Example

" 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. "

" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "

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

David Furnish

Past

Gone

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

" I was neeeever a cool kid. "

David Furnish

Cool

Kid

" 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. "

" I think people get fearful of things they don't know or understand. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "