Be so good they can’t ignore you.
STEVE MARTINI was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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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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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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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.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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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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Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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