Steve Martin Quotes
I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
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If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.
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Sometimes you have success and not so much success versus certain people.
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Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I'm not a hopeless romantic.
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It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
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I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob.
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My fridge is usually pretty empty. If I can get it together to order FreshDirect, I will have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge. But there isn't a ton of stuff you would cook with.
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The point is to stumble upon things in your life, and not plan them out.
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During the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, the Catholic Church's Friar Diego de Landa supervised the burning of hundreds of Maya codices - fig-bark books rich in mythological and astronomical information. Only four Maya codices are known to have survived.
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I've realized that I can do performances.
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We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.
