Steve Martin Quotes
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I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.
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You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl's leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.
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I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.
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I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.
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Home to me is when someone comes up to me and says, "Can I get a selfie?" No. It's where your wife and your family are. It's the emotional place where you feel like you're not away from it.
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.
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I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.
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College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.
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A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred.
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It's not what you know, it's what you think you know.
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Being on Twitter is like having a fern.
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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.
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When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.
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The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.
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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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Or is it that I think too much?
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I started a grease fire at McDonald's - threw a match in the cook's hair.
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He gave her his phone number, in a peculiar reversal of dating procedure. She might have considered kissing him, even after the horrible first date, but he just didn’t seem to know what to do. However, Jeremy does have one outstanding quality. He likes her. And this quality in a person makes them infinitely interesting to the person who is being liked.