Steve Martin Quotes
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
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My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.
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L.A.'s a great city in a lot of ways. There's a lot of great weather here. I know some good people.
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A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about.
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I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.
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It is time we admitted that we are not at war with 'terrorism'. We are at war with Islam. This is not to say that we are at war with all Muslims, but we are absolutely at war with the vision of life that is prescribed to all Muslims in the Koran. The only reason Muslim fundamentalism is a threat to us is because the fundamentals of Islam are a threat to us.
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It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.
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Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.
Charles B. Rangel
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If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
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I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.
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I'm 69 kilos; I don't have a burden on my back.
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I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my... transition.
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When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules.
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If you think about it, I made history. Not only was I the first black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar, I was the first black British person.
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has got me past so much of that.
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I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second I have been on the band stand with him has been an absolute pleasure.
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We have a network of contacts, where there are very few boards where we can't reach out to the CEO or key board members.
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I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.
