Steve Martin Quotes
As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
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I'm just a Connecticut country boy. The people I've known, the changes of season, the call of the blue jay - when I'm away, all of them haunt me.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
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Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
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My most profound growth as a writer came when I joined an online critique group. What a harrowing, terrifying, wonderful experience that was.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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Lower taxes will stimulate your own personal economy by leaving more money in your pocket to do what you want - invest, save, spend, buy a bigger house, a nicer car, and give to charity. And lower taxes also lead to more money for the government to use on those things they've promised you. It's a win-win for everyone.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?
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I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.
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Believing in the one thing That has gotten us this far - That's what love is for To help us through it That's what love is for Nothing else can do it Melt our defenses Bring us back to our senses Give us strength to try once more Baby, that's what love is for.
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Having a friend in the Kremlin would help Trump fulfill his longtime dream of planting his name in the Moscow skyline - a dream that he pursued even as he organized his presidential campaign.
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As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.
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Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.
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'A Course in Miracles' has been one of my great teachers. I still study 'The Course' daily. It's like a gift that keeps on giving.
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My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road.
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I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world.
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In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they didn't know at all - and let people discover them through the course of the film.
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I don't analyse things, and I don't look back. I can think forward - but only about my family. I don't look outside that and certainly don't care what anyone else thinks.
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It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.
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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
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As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
