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In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 unti

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. – Harvey Fierstein

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My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives. – Harvey Fierstein

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I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and its a – knock wood – hit, the checks come in for many years. – Harvey Fierstein

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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something. – James Dyson

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It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldnt keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I dont regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely dont want to go into! – Agnetha Faltskog

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By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. – Jonathan Kozol

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We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. – Mira Sorvino

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Im sure it is, Im not for any kind of war, weve been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one. – Larry Hagman

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