Steve Martin Quotes
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Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built.
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When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.
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Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
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You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!
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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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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 thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.
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Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."
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The overhead lights reflect in the glass countertop and mingle in the gray and black of the gloves, resulting in a mother-of-pearl swirl that sometimes sends Mirabelle into a shallow hypnotic dream.
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I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.
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I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry, that's tomorrow night.
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I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.
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Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.
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It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.
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I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.
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It's pain that changes our lives.
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I will do anything to look like him - except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.
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The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.
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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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The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.
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I'm 48. For a while after 'The Jerk' (movie) I had a feeling of failure. I was a little scared. First people discover you and they love you. You get big and then you fail. And people are glad that you fail. But I've always come back and I've started to trust myself.