Steve Martin Quotes
Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.
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It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets are social creations that can be, and have been, modified for social purposes.
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Lunch was my favorite part at school.
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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 don't know that it's particularly good for my writing process, but I have gotten some very valuable writing ideas and advice through Twitter and Facebook and other social network sites.
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I think we all have the same spirituality deep inside and we grow to learn more about it all the time, and we try very hard to become better people as we grow. We search all the time for the truth. We learn more about the world and we can't have thoughts like, "We are better than them" or "They are not good enough for God". This is very bad way of thinking, you know?
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I don't know if I'm really the fastest. It doesn't matter.
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I am a southern guy who likes dressing up and looking sharp but who lives a busy life of working and traveling, and I need reliable, stylish pieces in my wardrobe that will service multiple occasions.
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So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.
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The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas.
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It was strange to have no self-to be like a little boy left alone in a big house, who knew that now he could do anything he wanted to do, but found that there was nothing that he wanted to do.
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[Michelle Obama] used to say to our friends, "Barack's exactly the kind of guy I want to be president. I just wish he didn't want to do it when I was married to him."
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The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.
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I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five.
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You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.
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Talent acquisition, knowledge transfer, generational diversity, and retention will continue to be serious concerns. I think the golden thread is equipping management to work with Millennials. Let's face it. We are going to see organizations needing to replace 40% to 60% of their workforce. Management has never been more important!
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Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.
