Steve Martin Quotes
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I love cooking and baking.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun of myself, since I'm not technically a rapper, whatever that means.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they build and bond with one another.
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The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.
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The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.
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I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.
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I've had a lot of mother figures. But by the time my mom came into my life, it wasn't a 'mommy' thing. It's more of an adult relationship.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
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Clearly, President Bush lied. Now if he is an unconscious liar, and doesn't realize when he's lying, then we're really in trouble.
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You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.
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I would definitely return to 'Neverland' for a sequel if there was the chance again because we all got on so well, and I think it will be great.
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I'm a sucker for Thought Catalog. Shelby Fero is really funny on Twitter. And Patton Oswalt, he's sort of like a Twitter throb.
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The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.
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Pound's crazy. All poets are.... They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.
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I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value.
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I am a wild and crazy guy!