Steve Martin Quotes
If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him.
Quotes to Explore
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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'Don’t you think it’s ironic that you have no idea what you’re supposed to do,' said Verily, 'and yet so many people have gone to so much trouble to prevent you from doing it?'
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Our most fundamental social need, it turns out, to my amazement, is love. Now, I'm not a hippie-dippie whatever. If you look at the literature, our most fundamental need for children is an environment of maximum love, and that they can be hugged, kissed, and loved. That's what humanises us and allows us to realise our whole dimension.
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I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'.
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I'm happy with the movies I did, and the movies I didn't do.
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I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.
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Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.
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I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.
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The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.
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You know, I think there was a point in time when people didn't really understand how birth certificates were kept in the state of Hawaii, and now, I think that it's been pretty much disclosed that they used to have a long form and now they don't have a long form. Arizona used to have a long form, we now have a short form.
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I have never been a member of a Tea Party.
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When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
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Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
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I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a long bath and..." I looked shyly down. Which is pretty impressive to have done artistic laugh, quirky language and shyness all in the space of ten seconds.
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I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true.
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I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.
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When we are younger, we say a lot of things without often believing in them. The thoughts within you are much more important, and so often, one can't completely describe what one feels. As we grow older, we realize that there is more to love than what is expressed in the conventional sense of the terms.
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If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him.
