Nathan Lane Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.
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Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.
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Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.
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My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug 'Vanity Fair.' You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.
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People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz.
