Steve Martin Quotes
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We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe every writer does that. It just depends on what you claim or appropriate as yours.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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My job is to let everybody know what I stand for and to let my light shine. I want to show others the way I live so that hopefully they follow. I can also tell about my experiences as a Christian so that I may help bring others to Christ.
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Town-scapes are changing. The open-plan city belongs in the past - no more ramblas, no more pedestrian precincts, no more left banks and Latin quarters. We're moving into the age of security grilles and defensible space. As for living, our surveillance cameras can do that for us. People are locking their doors and switching off their nervous systems.
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I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.
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Monetary policy causes booms and busts.
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I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.
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From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.
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As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.
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Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.
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We were working on 'Senna' for a long time before we were fully financed, so we didn't actually have an editor for a while.
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A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.
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You can write every song on an album in E and not hurt a thing.
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The only person I have hurt is me.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.
