Steve Martin Quotes
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
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Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.
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What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
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Everything that I have is natural – braid, nails – I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.
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I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'
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A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can't tell you the amount of times I've been told I'm not sexy. I don't wear my sexiness overtly doesn't mean that I can't become that girl for a role. That's what I do; I become things. Use your imagination.
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I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom. I came up with an idea for a story about motherhood that I would want to read.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.
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My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any classroom.
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Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
