Steve Martin Quotes
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story.
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It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot.
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What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.
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A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
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I have this brand, I have my name. And I'm going to do what I want because people will buy it. People will enjoy it. So don't tell me I have to follow this formula and sit inside the box. Because I don't.
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Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live. Live.
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I thought we'd never score another goal, but we worked hard, we stuck together. What a great performance. Even though we got down 3-1, I think that's quite a testament to the guys.
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I really enjoy the social aspects of music as much as anything.
