Steve Martin Quotes
The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people.
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.
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"I think you have to be ready to quit within yourself. If you're not, it doesn't matter what rehab you go to."
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My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].
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Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.
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To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.
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Speaking about myself, I've been pleasantly surprised that my older plays are still being performed. Most important is that they still have something to say to today's audience, in particular the young people who enjoy my plays. That's the best I could hope for, that the plays aren't single-use products of one era.
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Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
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The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
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I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.
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There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.
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Big, obedient, patient Clydesdales. I loved them.
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My practice schedule is not constant and changes a lot and depends on my moods also.
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There's so many different people that I'm fascinated by. Different kinds of characters that I meet in, like, everyday life, that I'm like, 'I don't know how you exist. Like, you're so fascinating.'
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I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.
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The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people.
