Steve Martin Quotes
I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.
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The world is always in movement.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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Drama was all I ever wanted to do. There was no plan B!
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I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
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I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
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The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
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...thousands of little children occupy sleeping quarters with parents and boarders whose every act is visible to all. Morality indeed! Society is much like the ostrich with its head in the sand. It will not look at facts and face the responsibility of its own stupidity.
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Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best - there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
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If we could read the minds of animals we would find only truths.
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Children are to be respected and I respect them deeply. They've taught me an awful lot.
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The call to write does not respect background or experience.
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I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.
