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.
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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.
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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.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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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.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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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.
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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).
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
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All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
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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.
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We just have to remember that we're all in this together and that we all want our state, and our country, to succeed.
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I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.
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The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.
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The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.
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The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within.
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Nothing I do is done by popular demand.
