Steve Martin Quotes
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I started a grease fire at McDonald's - threw a match in the cook's hair.
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Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.
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Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.
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There are few takers for the quiet heart.
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I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.
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I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in general that songs can be narrative without having a story.
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Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.
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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.
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To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable.
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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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The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
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She didn't even finish her last sentence; it just trailed off. I think the subject had changed in her head while her mouth had continued on the old topic, not realizing it was out of supplies.
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I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
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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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I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you never know you are funny until people laugh. It's just what I was interested in. I could make people laugh, I guess, but doing it at school and doing it onstage are very different things.
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It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.
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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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The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.
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I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town.
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I will do anything to look like him - except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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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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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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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."