Steve Martin Quotes
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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For me to go casual is not to go simple. To me, it is to be able to bring back the art of tradition and the soul of French food and my interpretation of that.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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I grew up with a lot of exiles from Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia - I grew up with them, and I gained a family; I gained friends.
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I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that there is only one God - the living man - the person sitting next to you. That is my religion. I believe that there is a sense to life.
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As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
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I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't really know what's going to happen to you in a certain scene.
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If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
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In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.
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I know my music is going well when I don't have insomnia.
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If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.
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It takes 65 muscles to frown and 13 to make a smile. Why work overtime?
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Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
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A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
