Steve Martin Quotes
Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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I don't purposely push the boundaries... I think if you pay attention to a story, it will have exactly as much 'difficult material' as it needs, and nobody will complain about it because you've earnt it.
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In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better.
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We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.
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Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.
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Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.
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It was not love at all, really, but rather a yearning for the honor and respect of the other men that held them. Pride, then... Indeed, all their connection with each other at this moment was tied up with the respect they felt they were earning by their actions.
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Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.
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I usually have a 13-hour workday. But at times, we get lucky when we wind up in 8 or 10 hours.
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One thing I think is that comics are really good at expressing emotion. I think there's a way that comics characters can be drawn not-realistically, but the emotional reality is still very sincere. So you can have these exaggerations that express inner emotion through physical appearance.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
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Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.
