Nathan Lane Quotes
People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.
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A country without borders is not a country.
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I have always believed that those that have been given a lot need to share in all areas of life.
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I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then.
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If you like somebody's work - just go and see them. However, don't ask for their autograph. A lot of people came and asked me for my autograph - and it's creepy. What I did is read everything they published first... and correct them. That's what they really want. Every smart person wants to be corrected, not admired.
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People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.
