My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him family was everything. We could disagree inside the house but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor he looked sideways but said okay.

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A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up so my voice is obviou

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes I sing.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me they don't or they wouldn't have to say they did.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

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    The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

    The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

    The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

    The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.

    The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.

    Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing

    Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, ‘My goodness, I’ve just discovered that I’m God,’ they’ll laugh and say, ‘Oh, congratulations, at last you found out.

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