Steve Martin Quotes
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
Nadia Comaneci -
Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
Dan Buettner -
It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
Maimonides -
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry -
I think of all the guys that strap a gun on their backs and head to Afghanistan and Iraq to keep us free and safe and maintain what America has stood for.
Foster Friess -
I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
Nancy Reagan
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The biggest thing the money Infosys brought me is the freedom to do what I want. And what I want is to give millions more the opportunities I had.
Nandan Nilekani -
The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
Tariq Ramadan -
The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the most in movies are characters that are often thought of as despicable.
Damien Chazelle -
Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
Jack Schwartz -
If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate.
Uzo Aduba -
We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being honest, because we're human, and in our humanity there's a little fear.
Tasha Smith
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
Jack Whitehall -
When I joined WKRC, they were very concerned over my ability to ad lib or speak extemporaneously, which was an unknown factor up until that point.
Waite Hoyt -
The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.
Bayard Rustin -
I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
Damian Loeb -
I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
Ed O'Neill -
All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it.
Faith Ringgold -
I didn't drink in high school, and neither did any of my boyfriends.
Emily Giffin -
'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
Mary Beth Patterson -
I always say I should do more yoga. Or do yoga - more would mean I do some. I've done none. But I always want to do yoga because I'm getting old. Nerves are getting pinched every other day, and I really just gotta get more limber.
Chris Evans -
Doth the reality of sensible things consist in being perceived? or, is it something distinct from their being perceived, and that bears no relation to the mind?
George Berkeley -
Nothing I do is done by popular demand.
Steve Martin