Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
STEVE MARTINChaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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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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I love money. I love everything about it.
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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