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

" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

" 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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