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> [“If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/if-harvey-had-not-been-taken-from-us-30-years-ago-i-think-he-would/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/dustin-lance-black-4536_beautiful_if-harvey-had-not-been-taken-from-us-30_962552.jpg)

> [I am hopeful that there are three or four Harvey Milks. It would be nice to have one in California and one in New York and one in Texas and Oklahoma-it would be fantastic. Maybe even one in Salt Lake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-am-hopeful-that-there-are-three-or-four-harvey-milks-it-would-be/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

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## Other authors on Harvey

## More by Dustin Lance Black

> [That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/that-s-what-i-learned-most-about-directing-on-my-own-you-ve-got-to/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I watched Sean Penn, you know, bring Harvey Milk to life. I was on the set every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-watched-sean-penn-you-know-bring-harvey-milk-to-life-i-was-on-the/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I love the true life stories and the biopics - people say I'm pigeonholed, but it's a fantastic kind of pigeonhole - but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-love-the-true-life-stories-and-the-biopics-people-say-i-m/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [Gay people are more powerful when they work with lesbians. We become more powerful when we're L, G, B and T.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/gay-people-are-more-powerful-when-they-work-with-lesbians-we-become/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I get emotionally attached to someone if I talk to them on the street corner for five minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-get-emotionally-attached-to-someone-if-i-talk-to-them-on-the-street/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [For Coca-Cola to take a pro-diversity, pro-equality stance creates a lot of goodwill in the LGBT community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/for-coca-cola-to-take-a-pro-diversity-pro-equality-stance-creates-a/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [In this miraculous, beautiful universe of ours, where it's an absolute miracle that our eyes and ears can witness it all, we somehow have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/in-this-miraculous-beautiful-universe-of-ours-where-it-s-an-absolute/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [You can't keep treating people differently under the law because of their differences. That's not America. I dare say that's not even a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/you-can-t-keep-treating-people-differently-under-the-law-because-of/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [There has been this resurgence in anti-LGBT language in the U.K. and the U.S., and the rest of the world. In the U.S. we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/there-has-been-this-resurgence-in-anti-lgbt-language-in-the-u-k-and/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [Have I always agreed with my Southern, military, Mormon family? Absolutely not. Have we always figured out how to get along? Yes! At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/have-i-always-agreed-with-my-southern-military-mormon-family/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I think of the biopics I've written as exploring a more grown-up side of myself, through other characters' lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-think-of-the-biopics-i-ve-written-as-exploring-a-more-grown-up-side/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-wrote-milk-for-me-i-wrote-it-for-the-younger-version-of-me-that-had/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I'd say I'm not sure about Christianity, but I sure do like their Christ and the lessons about turning the other cheek, about forgiveness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-d-say-i-m-not-sure-about-christianity-but-i-sure-do-like-their/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [I like the gray movies. I don't know if audiences always... it makes them work a little harder. And they have to work hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/i-like-the-gray-movies-i-don-t-know-if-audiences-always-it-makes-them/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

> [Being right is overrated! If someone is saying that they're right about the future, that's a claim only a fool would make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lance-black/being-right-is-overrated-if-someone-is-saying-that-they-re-right/)

[Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lance-black/)

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