Steve Martin Quotes
People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.
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It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music.
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Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.
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I believe in people, especially suffering people.
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I think I'll die underrated, but it's alright, man.
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When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.
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I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
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Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
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On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother was an immigrant from Germany whose visa had expired and, for a year and change, was undocumented here in the U.S.
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Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).
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I moved to New York City in '92 and had no money. I had a lot of free time, as actors do. I would go to the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.
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Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my life and friendships. I learned quickly how to stand alone.
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I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.
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I have not written about being a Negro at such length because I do not expect that to be my only subject, but only because it was the gate I had to unlock before I could hope to write about anything else.
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There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.
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I like being part of teams that go into things that people don't think are doing very well and getting into them to do better.
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People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.
