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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When what is good comes of age, and is likely to live, there is reason for rejoicing.
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One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!
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We all want Grace, but we cannot enjoy Grace when there is an attitude of comparing.
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I really enjoy the social aspects of music as much as anything.
