Steve Martin Quotes
Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.
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The Secretary of the State at the time was James Baker, who had also been Secretary of Treasury and White House Chief of Staff: very powerful guy. And I went to see him in his very ornate office at the State Department to say I wasn't going to cover him anymore. It was just a courtesy call.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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I'm gonna stay an album guy. In fact, concept albums are really blowing my mind right now, because if you want to promote an album, think about it - a concept album might be the way to go.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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The gap in India has always been between the promise and the execution.
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A lot of times I watch sporting events, and there are things I want to say and things I see that don't get said or talked about.
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These masters of the universe must be tamed in the interests of the ordinary families whose jobs and livelihoods are being put at risk... The Tories won't say anything about the current crisis as they are completely in the pockets of the hedge funds.
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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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I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.
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First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy.
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In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.
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At least when it comes to food, there's no snobbery in Singapore.
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It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
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Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: 'There he is again. It's Fabian.' It's a very tough thing. Everybody wants to discount your talent because you have become so... I don't know... a god, if you will.
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Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.
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It is bad if you praise, and worse if you reprove a thing, I mean, if you do not understand the matter well.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
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I think the real problem is it's easy to persuade young kids of particular kinds of ideas, because they are flexible.
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Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.
