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" 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. "

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David Furnish

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Influence

" 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. "

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

David Furnish

People

Life

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

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

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

David Furnish

Past

Gone

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We all live by example. "

David Furnish

Live

Example

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it. "

" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "