Steve Martin Quotes
The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.
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If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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If Jesus does come down out of the clouds like a superhero, Christianity will stand revealed as a science. That will be the science of Christianity.
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Like 'Metro' and 'Motor,' 'Troublemaker' is written in first person. The only narration that happens is Barney speaking to the reader/thinking in her head. First person was a big challenge in the graphic novel because we want both men and women of all ages to enjoy 'Troublemaker.'
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You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited to religious fanatics committing mass murder and suicide for the greater glory of God.
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The best gift you can give to a girl is your devotion, not some Louboutins. But buy those if you're busy, for sure.
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I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling.
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The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.
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I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.
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I don't think I worry too much about whether to include a melody line or not in a song. That will come along in a natural fashion. I have always said that a song and a lyric writes itself. I really don't think too much about the actual writing, the arrangements or even the playing. It's second nature by now.
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When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.
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No matter how much I try to be plain, people don’t accept me, so I might as well be fabulous.
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The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
