Steve Martin Quotes
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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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Though there are some notable exceptions, by and large the persistent ranting of the Warren Commission critics, some of whom were screaming the word 'conspiracy' before the fatal bullet had even come to rest, came to remind me, as H. L. Mencken said in a different context, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights.
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
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Artie said it would be nice if we got married. I said it would be nice, too. The next thing I knew, we were on our way to Las Vegas.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10.
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There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.
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I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.
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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
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The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
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It is crucial that there is a government in Madrid secure enough to engage with Catalonia politically rather than continue the denial and legal obstructionism of the Rajoy years.
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I think that it's important not to take acting too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.
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I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you.
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I've decided to take up smoking, my doctor said I wasn't getting enough tar.
