Steve Martin Quotes
Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.
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It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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If only I could step back into the time of old movies, if only I could be given the opportunity to do what Katharine Hepburn did or what Rosalind Russell did. Those kinds of characters, that kind of patter, that kind of language, that kind of script. They don't exist any more.
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I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
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I am no more humble than my talents require.
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Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot.' I think there's a wide opportunity for actors to do that now more so than ever on television.
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Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence for the ideas they push. Do that, and we won’t need to provide a world for the Sacred Brethren who, given the opportunity, would run everyone else off the planet.
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As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.
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My father was a die maker for 39 years, so I had a basic understanding of the automobile industry and what the manufacturing world was like, just from the opportunity to spend time with him - just talking, because he was a car buff.
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I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.
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There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.
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I never thought I'd have the opportunity to visit another culture.
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Honestly, there isn't anywhere in the world that I can say I would never travel to, given the opportunity.
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For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.
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Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it.
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Happiness is a choice we make. You can wake up and say, 'Oh, I can't believe it's so cold,' or you can say, 'Oh, wow, this is a great opportunity for me to try out my new sweater.' No one can be consistently positive, but why not make the choice that makes you feel better rather than the one that drags you down?
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Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.
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A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.
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We had been told many times that astronauts would not make any mistakes. They were trained to be perfect.
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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.
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Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.
