Steve Martin Quotes
I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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Life is our dictionary.
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When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
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I tell people all the time - I'm a very spiritual person, so I pray over everything that I do including creating music, a new song.
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To read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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When people would ask me what I was doing, I'd be like, 'It's a horror film.' 'What is it about?' 'You'll just have to see it.' I really didn't want to explain it because it's really tough to explain without it just sounding really ridiculous.
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I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.
