Steve Martin Quotes
You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.
Quotes to Explore
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.
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Our elite believe in a new trinity of equality, democracy and diversity. Indeed, after the Cold War, we declared the spread of democracy worldwide to be our historic mission and national goal.
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There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.
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‘When I say 'mind,'’ said the blood relation, ‘I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.’
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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
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The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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Film is always a fight because you're the person, as the director, with a clear picture in your head of what you think is really exciting, and you're just trying to convince a bunch of other people to buy into that.
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I want more of my favorite artists or more of the guy that makes the anthems. I want more.
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If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.
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You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.
